21 Coastal Road, East Preston, Littlehampton, BN16 1SJ

21 Coastal Road is a five-bedroom detached house in East Preston, Littlehampton, Littlehampton (BN16 1SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 319 m² (around 3434 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 319 m² it's 16.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (273 m² median across 24 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2006–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 54% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,787,000 is 35.1% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 35.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.