42 Valentines Lea, Northchapel, Petworth, GU28 9HY

42 Valentines Lea is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Northchapel, Petworth, Petworth (GU28 9HY). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2024) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2022 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 106). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 47 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £489,000 is 27.3% above the 2022 sale price. Sold December 2022 for £384,167. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.