3b The Croft, Hampton Fields, Wick, Littlehampton, BN17 6JB

3b The Croft is a semi-detached house in Wick, Littlehampton, Littlehampton (BN17 6JB). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity. At 44 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–53 m².

At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 40.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £150,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.