Star Cottage, Brighton Road, Newtimber, Hassocks, BN6 9BH
About Star Cottage
Star Cottage is a detached house in Newtimber, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 9BH). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 104 m² it's 26.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 3 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Star Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Star Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
11applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Star Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£534,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 1 sales in BN6 9BH: £202,000 (2000–2000).
Nearby sales in BN6 9BH
Everything we know about Star Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Brighton Road homes
EPC Rating for Star Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 107 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Muddleswood Crossroads — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
St Lawrence CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.3dB