Hards Farm House, Kerves Lane, Horsham, RH13 6RJ

Hards Farm House is a five-bedroom detached house in Horsham (RH13 6RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 360 m² (around 3875 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 360 m² the property is well over the postcode median (175 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,562,000 sits 66.2% above the 2016 sale of £940,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 37.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 10 years since the last transfer (July 2016).