1b Station Cottages, Station Approach West, Hassocks, BN6 8JE

1b Station Cottages is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hassocks (BN6 8JE). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since July 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 38 m² it's 28.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold October 2023 for £252,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2007–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£616/sq ft) was about 53.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.