30 Critchfield Road, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8HH

30 Critchfield Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Bosham, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 8HH). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since January 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £769,000 is 22.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 75.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2021 for £630,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.