5 Bens Acre, Horsham, RH13 6LW

5 Bens Acre is a four-bedroom detached house in Horsham (RH13 6LW). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in January 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £627,000 is 19.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£503/sq ft) was about 28.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 97 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 14 EPCs). Sold April 2021 for £525,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.