28 West Street, Ditchling, Hassocks, BN6 8TS

28 West Street is a seven-bedroom detached house in Ditchling, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 8TS). It has a recorded floor area of 296 m² (around 3186 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. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows a G (score 12), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 296 m² the property is well over the postcode median (223 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 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 37 planning records sit against the property, 19 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include tree works, an annexe, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £1,547,000 is 37.4% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 43.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in December 2012, so it's been off the market for around 13 years.