Pipers Croft Cottage, Nuthurst Road, Maplehurst, Horsham, RH13 6RE

Pipers Croft Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Maplehurst, Horsham, Horsham (RH13 6RE). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

It hasn't traded since June 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Horsham HPI: 9.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £493,000 is 40.9% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 30.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² it sits well below the postcode median (134 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.