Ace House, Flat 4, 1 Bridge Road, Worthing, BN14 7BU

Ace House is a mid-terrace house in Worthing (BN14 7BU). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 35 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in Ace House, where floor areas span 33–48 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to E, with this unit at the bottom.

Sale prices here have outpaced Worthing HPI: 10.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 105.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 35 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (47 m² median across 31 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2009. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold September 2021 for £145,000. Across the public record there are 8 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.