1 Akehurst Close, Copthorne, Crawley, RH10 3QQ

1 Akehurst Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Copthorne, Crawley, Crawley (RH10 3QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2178 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2009 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £615,000 sits 75.7% above the 2009 sale of £350,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 41.3% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.