68 Somerset Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1BZ

68 Somerset Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in East Preston, Littlehampton, Littlehampton (BN16 1BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since October 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold December 2022 for £385,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 88% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.