1 Excess Cottages, Hill Barn Lane, Worthing, BN14 9QE
About 1 Excess Cottages
1 Excess Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Worthing (BN14 9QE). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £374,000 is 15.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£346/sq ft) was about 89.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £324,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 Excess Cottages has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
1 Excess Cottages has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£374,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 21 years.
£324,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
5 May 2021Most recent
£324,000
+70.5%over 16 years25 May 2004
£190,000
+90.0%over 4 years9 April 2000
£100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN14 9QE: £198,000 (2024–2001).
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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
Worthing College — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Broadwater CofE Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB







