The Thatched Cottage, Mill Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, BN6 9HN
About The Thatched Cottage
The Thatched Cottage is a detached house in Sayers Common, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 9HN). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since September 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £1,095,000 sits 157.6% above the 1999 sale of £425,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Risks
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Trends
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2021PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Construction of a single storey rear extension, with internal alterations, and replacement porch. (Revised plans received, including tree protection plan, 07.01.2021, 26.01.2021 and 02.02.2021) (Revised description agreed 01.02.2021) (Updated block plan, Materials schedule and window and door detail received 04.03.2021)
Extension- Documents
- 42 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/20/3822
- May 2021PorchHeritageIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Construction of a single storey rear extension, with internal alterations, and replacement porch. (Revised plans received 07.01.2021, 26.01.2021 and 02.02.2021) (Revised description agreed 01.02.2021) (Updated block plan, Materials schedule and window and door detail received 04.03.2021)
Extension- Documents
- 45 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/20/3828
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The Thatched Cottage has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£1,095,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£425,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 September 1999Most recent
£425,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN6 9HN: £715,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in BN6 9HN
The Vicarage Cottage, Mill Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, BN6 9HN
Sold Mar 2024
£715,000Cobbs Mill, The Stables, Mill Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, BN6 9HN
Sold Jun 2023
£720,000Cobbs Mill, Mill Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, BN6 9HN
Sold Sept 2022
£1,450,000Cobbs Mill Cottage, Mill Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, BN6 9HN
Sold Mar 2018
£697,500Cobbs Mill House, Mill Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, BN6 9HN
Sold Jul 2013
£895,000
Everything we know about The Thatched 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 Mill Lane homes
The Thatched Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,167
Street avg £4,892
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Show Jumping Course — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Twineham CofE Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.9dB