The Old School, Church Lane, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9BY

The Old School is a detached house in Albourne, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 9BY). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Today's modelled estimate of £779,000 is 15.3% below the 2017 sale of £920,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£497/sq ft) was about 28.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 9 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. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. An application is currently awaiting a decision. On the market in May 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.