54 Downside Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0EX
About 54 Downside Avenue
54 Downside Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Worthing (BN14 0EX). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 97 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2007–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £423,000 sits 61.1% above the 2013 sale of £262,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 20.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 13 years since the last transfer (September 2013).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
54 Downside Avenue's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 May 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
54 Downside Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- May 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension and 'Cedral' horizontal cladding to rear elevation of dwelling and rear extension
- Agent
- Lightbox Architecture Limited
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- AWDM/0422/20
What's in 54 Downside Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0EX's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
54 Downside Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£423,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.9% per year over 6 years.
£262,500
Growth on file: 1.9% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
17 September 2013Most recent
£262,500
+11.7%over 5 years5 December 2007
£235,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN14 0EX: £360,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in BN14 0EX
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Versus other Downside Avenue homes
54 Downside Avenue outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,706
Street avg £4,136
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 76 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Downside Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Vale School, Worthing. 5 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB