4 The Birches, Mannings Heath, Horsham, RH13 6JT

4 The Birches is a two-bedroom detached house in Mannings Heath, Horsham, Horsham (RH13 6JT). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a G (score 2), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (September 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 107 m² it's 29.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (152 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £558,000 is 39.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£347/sq ft) was about 44.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (May 2014).