Flat 4, 13 The Hornet, Chichester, PO19 7JL

Flat 4 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Chichester (PO19 7JL). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 406 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 38 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (38–55 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (23 versus a best of 69). Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Chichester HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£431/sq ft) was about 91.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 38 m² it's 28.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold June 2022 for £175,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.