31b, Broadwater Street West, Worthing, BN14 9BT

31b is a mid-terrace house in Worthing (BN14 9BT). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 52 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–161 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (46 versus a best of 61).

At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2008. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2014, sale prices here grew 0.4% per year, broadly in step with Worthing's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £139,000 is 42.6% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 22.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in March 2014.