3a, Lime Kiln Road, Mannings Heath, Horsham, RH13 6JH

3a is a five-bedroom detached house in Mannings Heath, Horsham, Horsham (RH13 6JH). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since December 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. At 195 m² the property is well over the postcode median (138 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £975,000 sits 250.1% above the 1998 sale of £278,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£133/sq ft) was about 64.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2022. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.