2 Bensons Farm Cottages, Wimland Road, Faygate, Horsham, RH12 4SS

2 Bensons Farm Cottages is a semi-detached house in Faygate, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 4SS). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £663,000 is 65.6% below the 2021 sale of £1,930,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£980/sq ft) was about 119% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £1,930,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.