Chichester House, 11 High Street, Ditchling, Hassocks, BN6 8SY

Chichester House is a four-bedroom detached house in Ditchling, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 8SY). It has a recorded floor area of 349 m² (around 3757 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 47). The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 349 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sold in February 2018, so it's been off the market for around 8 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 10 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,863,000 is 28.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£386/sq ft) was about 35.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.