1 Shire Place, The Ridings, Worth, Crawley, RH10 7XS

1 Shire Place is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Worth, Crawley, Crawley (RH10 7XS). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. At 50 m² this is the 18th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–64 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced Crawley HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 47.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £192,000 in December 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. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.