8 Second Avenue, Worthing, BN14 9NX

8 Second Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Worthing (BN14 9NX). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £967,000 is 14.4% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£523/sq ft) was about 93% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2019 at £845,000.