9 Birchwood Close, Maidenbower, Crawley, RH10 7LE

9 Birchwood Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Maidenbower, Crawley, Crawley (RH10 7LE). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in October 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average.

Held since June 1995 — that's 31 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 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (144 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £743,000 sits 364.4% above the 1995 sale of £159,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 44.6% below the postcode norm.