29 Valentines Lea, Northchapel, Petworth, GU28 9HY

29 Valentines Lea is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Northchapel, Petworth, Petworth (GU28 9HY). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since May 2018. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 51). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 94 m² it's 19% larger than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 47 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 is 15.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 55.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £345,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.