1 Leith View Cottages, Dorking Road, Kingsfold, Horsham, RH12 3SB

1 Leith View Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Kingsfold, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 3SB). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a G (score 20), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (August 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 96 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £440,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£426/sq ft) was about 29.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.