17 Brooklands Road, Crawley, RH11 9QQ

17 Brooklands Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Crawley (RH11 9QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since August 2007, a hold of 19 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 29 m² it sits well below the postcode median (49 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 is 26.9% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£429/sq ft) was about 56.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.