Lyminster Cottage, Lyminster Road, Lyminster, Littlehampton, BN17 7QF

Lyminster Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Lyminster, Littlehampton, Littlehampton (BN17 7QF). It has a recorded floor area of 22 m² (around 237 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 22 m² it sits well below the postcode median (185 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £359,000 is 16.6% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,301/sq ft) was about 371.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £308,000 in August 2020.