Hortons, Streat Lane, Streat, Hassocks, BN6 8SB

Hortons is a detached house in Streat, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 8SB). It has a recorded floor area of 294 m² (around 3165 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Today's modelled estimate of £1,488,000 is 12.5% below the 2022 sale of £1,700,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£537/sq ft) was about 61.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 294 m² the property is well over the postcode median (211 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Sold November 2022 for £1,700,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.