Acorn Cottage, Partridge Lane, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4RW

Acorn Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Rusper, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 4RW). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a balcony and attached land beyond the plot.

Most recent transfer: November 2019 at £830,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 155 m² it's 29.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 11 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £996,000 is 20% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£497/sq ft) was about 134.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.