1 Beach Crescent, Littlehampton, BN17 5NT

1 Beach Crescent is a one-bedroom detached house in Littlehampton (BN17 5NT). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. At 59 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 41 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 56–129 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (68 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 40 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £230,000. Across the public record there are 8 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 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 67.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.