3 Kingsland Cottages, Reeds Lane, Sayers Common, Hassocks, BN6 9JG

3 Kingsland Cottages is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Sayers Common, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 9JG). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2021 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 10 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). Across 2021–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 37.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£448/sq ft) was about 56.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2023 for £535,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.