2 Rhome Cottages, Capel Road, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PZ

2 Rhome Cottages is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Rusper, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 4PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 988 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2009. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since October 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 92 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1998–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,001,000 is 46.1% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£693/sq ft) was about 126.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.