Box Tree Cottage, Brooks Green Road, Coolham, Horsham, RH13 8GR

Box Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Coolham, Horsham, Horsham (RH13 8GR). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since August 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in November 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £484,000 sits 228.8% above the 1997 sale of £147,200. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 32.5% below the postcode norm. At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (130 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).