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

4 Smithers Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rudgwick, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 3BX). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 113 m² it sits well below the postcode median (245 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in September 2016. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £517,000 is 31.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 26.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.