2 Smithers Cottages, Guildford Road, Rudgwick, Horsham, RH12 3BX

2 Smithers Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Rudgwick, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 3BX). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on lpg. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1999–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £586,000 sits 56.3% above the 2007 sale of £375,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 17.7% below the postcode norm. At 153 m² it sits well below the postcode median (245 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.