Squirrel Cottage, Newdigate Road, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4RR

Squirrel Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Rusper, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 4RR). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (May 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since August 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £787,000 sits 60.6% above the 2009 sale of £490,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£263/sq ft) was about 26.6% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.