Upper Flat, 38 New Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5AT

Upper Flat is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Littlehampton (BN17 5AT). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Other recorded features include outbuildings.

At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (126 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £199,000 is 32.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 40.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2022 for £150,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.