52a, Barrington Road, Horsham, RH13 5SN

52a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Horsham (RH13 5SN). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in April 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good.

Held since March 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £214,000 sits 275.4% above the 1998 sale of £57,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 41.9% below the postcode norm. At 38 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs).