18 Orchard Avenue, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0AW

18 Orchard Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Selsey, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 0AW). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

Sale prices here have outpaced Chichester HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£361/sq ft) was about 41.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £525,000 in November 2022. 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.