2 Wellcroft Cottages, Church Lane, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9BZ

2 Wellcroft Cottages is a semi-detached house in Albourne, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 9BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in May 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 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). Today's modelled estimate of £652,000 sits 565.3% above the 1997 sale of £98,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 87.1% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2009.