8a, Bayford Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5HL

8a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Littlehampton (BN17 5HL). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 103 m² this is the 15th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–140 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (27 versus a best of 69).

At 103 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £209,000 sits 93.5% above the 2015 sale of £108,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£97/sq ft) was about 37.7% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in December 2015. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.