The Croft, Droke Lane, East Dean, Chichester, PO18 0JH

The Croft is a detached house in East Dean, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 0JH). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2025) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 109). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 14 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, a conservatory and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,078,000 is 26.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£534/sq ft) was about 62.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.