Bay Cottage, Loxwood Road, Rudgwick, Horsham, RH12 3DS

Bay Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Rudgwick, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 3DS). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2013 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 Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

At 83 m² it sits well below the postcode median (167 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 9 years since the last transfer (August 2017). Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £637,000 is 14.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£624/sq ft) was about 238.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.