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Get started1 Wessex Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in East Wittering, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 8NP). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in July 2002. Sale prices here have outpaced Chichester HPI: 15.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £415,000 sits 159.5% above the 2002 sale of £159,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£198/sq ft) was about 45.3% below the postcode norm. At 75 m² it's 26.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 15 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Wessex Avenue has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1997.
£415,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.2% per year over 5 years.
£159,950
Growth on file: 15.2% per year over 5 years.
Price per m² for 1 Wessex Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,133
Street avg £4,863
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
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4 July 2002Most recent
£159,950
+110.5%over 5 years26 March 1997
£76,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO20 8NP: £582,000 (2025–2023).
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15 Wessex Avenue East Wittering Chichester
Sold Jan 2023
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
PO20 8BQ
Wessex Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
East Wittering Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB
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