8 Common Lane, Ditchling, Hassocks, BN6 8TJ

8 Common Lane is a five-bedroom detached house in Ditchling, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 8TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 298 m² (around 3208 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (April 2012) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 298 m² the property is well over the postcode median (170 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,331,000 sits 146.5% above the 2000 sale of £540,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£168/sq ft) was about 46.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, change of use to residential and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.