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Get started5 Old Coastguard Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Selsey, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 9AH). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £335,000 is 23.9% below the 2022 sale of £440,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£417/sq ft) was about 46.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 98 m² it's 25.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 5 EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £440,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Discharge of Condition 3 of planning permission SY/17/01587/LBC - Roof light details.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£335,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£440,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
CO₂ Emissions for 5 Old Coastguard Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,490
Street avg £4,515
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 82 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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Discharge of Condition 4 of planning permission SY/17/0158/DOM - Roof light details.
13 January 2022Most recent
£440,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO20 9AH: £392,500 (2025–2018).
7 Old Coastguard Cottages West Street Selsey Chichester
Sold Jun 2025
3 Homer Cottages West Street Selsey Chichester
Sold Aug 2024
1 Homer Cottages West Street Selsey Chichester
Sold Jan 2022
9 Old Coastguard Cottages West Street Selsey Chichester
Sold Jan 2015
6 Old Coastguard Cottages West Street Selsey Chichester
Sold Nov 2013
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
PO20 9JW
Caravan Park — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Medmerry Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB
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