Park View Lodge, Rusper Road, Ifield, Crawley, RH11 0LQ

Park View Lodge is a five-bedroom detached house in Ifield, Crawley, Crawley (RH11 0LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 419 m² (around 4510 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

It hasn't traded since March 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 419 m² the property is well over the postcode median (201 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1995–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 12% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,638,000 sits 56% above the 2008 sale of £1,050,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£233/sq ft) was about 36.9% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.