How To Find The Best Property In West Sussex
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.
Every other balcony is glazed in. Doesn’t seem to matter whether it is on a Victorian Terrace or an ugly 60s concrete block, not many are 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 estate agents sussex Michael Jones Ltd. We do have a very large over-sixties population but it’s changing after nearly a decade of overspill from Brighton. Worthi. Worthing high street is dominated by dentists, opticians and mattress makers. With Brighton you find plenty of buggies, but with Worthing it is wheelchairs.
You can’t compare the two resorts according to Jones. Worthing is more Eastbourne than Brighton. It is possible to buy good sized family house in Worthing for the price of 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 dont’ often sell for more than a milliion in Worthing, and sometimes not even half that value. Two years agon only 35 properties sold for more than half a milliion pounds, according to research by Savills. Ten fold the number were sold in nearby Brighton. We’re just a middle-market, middle-class town, says Gates. The most expensive area is High Salvington, where a detached house with five bedrooms could fetch anything from £435,000 to £750,000.
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.
The Art Deco Architecture of 1930s