79 Worthing Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1DE
About 79 Worthing Road
79 Worthing Road is a three-bedroom detached house in East Preston, Littlehampton, Littlehampton (BN16 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Last sale on file: £347,500 in January 2021. Across the public record there are 5 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 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £426,000 is 22.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£436/sq ft) was about 108.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 74 m² it's 21.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 18 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
79 Worthing Road has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£426,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 22 years.
£347,500
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
8 January 2021Most recent
£347,500
-2.1%over 7 months4 June 2020
£355,000
+24.6%over 1 year18 March 2019
£285,000
+15.4%over 12 years9 March 2007
£247,000
+137.5%over 8 years29 January 1999
£104,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN16 1DE: £473,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in BN16 1DE
85 Worthing Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1DE
Sold Dec 2024
£540,75067 Worthing Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1DE
Sold May 2024
£475,00083 Worthing Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1DE
Sold Nov 2023
£320,00053 Worthing Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1DE
Sold Dec 2022
£451,50093 Worthing Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1DE
Sold Nov 2022
£473,000
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Versus other Worthing Road homes
Price per m² for 79 Worthing Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,696
Street avg £3,288
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Preston Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
East Preston Infant School. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.7dB