Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Fosters Cottage is a six-bedroom detached house in Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 3JA). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2007 onwards. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since April 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £778,000 sits 87.5% above the 2006 sale of £415,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 29.1% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Fosters Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Feb 2025
Certificate validity
Expired on 13 February 2025
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Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
4 applications on record at Fosters Cottage, Forge Lane, Old Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3JA
Single, two-storey and first floor extensions, pitched roof to existing flat roof extension and erection of a detached garage/workshop
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Latest sale on Fosters Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£778,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£415,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
26 April 2006Most recent
£415,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH12 3JA: £360,000 (2025–2013).
4 Forge Cottages, Forge Lane, Old Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3JA
Sold May 2025
3 Forge Cottages, Forge Lane, Old Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3JA
Sold Jun 2014
1 Forge Lane, Old Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3JA
Sold Dec 2013
The House In The Orchard, Forge Lane, Old Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3JA
Sold Oct 2013
2 Forge Lane, Old Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, RH12 3JA
Sold Oct 2005
On price per m², Fosters Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,207
Street avg £3,731
Floor Area
188 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Forge Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Shelley Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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