4 Star Cottages, Horsham Road, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PR
About 4 Star Cottages
4 Star Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Rusper, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 4PR). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 81 m² it's 27.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 25 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2003–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £446,000 is 31.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£390/sq ft) was about 39.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Parkingoff_road
Building
- Heating systemelectric
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
4 Star Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Nov 2020FullIn report
Temporary change of use of part of Building No.4 from an equestrian livery (Sui Generis) to a vintage car storage use (Use Class B8) for a period of two years.
- Agent
- Lichfields
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/20/1794
- Apr 2019DemolitionFullIn report
Demolition of garden shed and erection of a single storey garden storage building. Erection of a 3ft high picket fence along the front garden.
- Documents
- 25 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/18/2753
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£446,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 14 years.
£340,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
21 September 2017Most recent
£340,000
+83.8%over 14 years9 July 2003
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH12 4PR: £910,000 (2025–2021).
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£910,000Grianan, Horsham Road, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PR
Sold Mar 2022
£450,000Lindcroft, Horsham Road, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PR
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£756,500Quincefold, Horsham Road, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PR
Sold Sept 2021
£1,825,000
Everything we know about 4 Star Cottages, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Horsham Road homes
On epc rating, 4 Star Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,198
Street avg £4,465
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Star Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Rusper Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB