12 Abbots Close, Hassocks, BN6 8PH
About 12 Abbots Close
12 Abbots Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Hassocks (BN6 8PH). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
Last sale on file: £550,000 in December 2021. 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. At 97 m² it's 28.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 10 EPCs). Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£527/sq ft) was about 31.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- GarageYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2023Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed ground floor rear window amendments to provide 2 sets of bi-fold doors within existing openings on to garden. A loft conversion to provide additional bedrooms, inc. 2 juliette balconies to the rear, family bathroom and office space. Amended plans received showing revisions to scheme to include proposed increased in height of roof, new dormer window to front roof slope, reduction in size of dormer window to rear roof slope, removal of juliette style balconies and amendments to internal layout. New Replacement windows also proposed.
Extension- Documents
- 46 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/23/0543
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 12 Abbots Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£589,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 20 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
3 December 2021Most recent
£550,000
+41.4%over 14 years26 September 2007
£389,000
+77.2%over 4 years1 November 2002
£219,500
+24.0%over 1 year14 August 2001
£177,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN6 8PH: £460,000 (2024–2019).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Abbots Close homes
12 Abbots Close outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,670
Street avg £5,063
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 76 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Little Copse Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Hassocks Infant School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB