Yaverland, Chidham Lane, Chidham, Chichester, PO18 8TQ

Yaverland is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Chidham, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 8TQ). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on wood logs.

At 111 m² it sits well below the postcode median (177 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £638,000 sits 51% above the 2011 sale of £422,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£354/sq ft) was about 42.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 15 years ago, in September 2011.