15 Burford Close, Worthing, BN14 9RL

15 Burford Close is a detached house in Worthing (BN14 9RL). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £574,000 is 20.4% below the 2022 sale of £721,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£519/sq ft) was about 55.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2006. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £721,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.