The Beeches, Underhill Lane, Clayton, Hassocks, BN6 9PL

The Beeches is a four-bedroom detached house in Clayton, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 9PL). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since October 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 214 m² it's 27.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (168 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £990,000 sits 1606.9% above the 1996 sale of £58,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£25/sq ft) was about 91.8% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.