Property In Worthing

Have a walk on the promenade and you will feel that something is not as it should be. It’s not the pier, a perfect example of Art Deco architecture. Its not the view, which stretches along the Sussex coast encompassing Brighton and Eastbourne. It’s the buildings – specifically, the balconies.

There is glazing on every other balcony. Be it on a buxom Victorian terrace or a sad 1960s block, barely a balcony remains open to the elements. It’s as if the residents want to see the sea but not feel it or even, through double-glazed panes, hear it. Like fishes in a bowl, they look out at the world as it passes them by.

Worthing does still have the stigma of being something of a retirement village, says Michael Jones, owner at Worthing Estate Agents Michael Jones. The population of over sixties is still sizable, but has been affected by the overspill from places like Brighton. Worthi. Opticians, dentists and mattress specialists dominate Worthing’s High Street. In Brighton you have buggies, whereas Worthing has wheelchairs.

You can’t compare the two resorts according to Jones. Worthing is closer to the style of Eastbourne than to Brighton. But in its favour, you can still get a large family house for the same price as a small flat in Brighton. Many priced out of Brighton live in Worthing but choose to work and play in Brighton. They tend to buy in East Worthing because it’s closer to Brighton (about a 20-minute drive). You can get more bang for your buck in property choice in Wothing.

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Properties in Worthing don’t often sell for more than a £1million, and more often than not for even half of that. Two years agon only 35 properties sold for more than half a milliion pounds, according to research by Savills. Ten times as many were sold in Brighton. We are just. The most valuable area is High Salvington, where something would cost you in the region of a quarter of a million up to three quarters of a milliion pounds.

Whether you are searching for houses for sale in Sussex or new homes in West Sussex, Michael Jones Estate Agents have probably got what you are looking for.