Robinwood, Brighton Road, Shermanbury, Horsham, RH13 8HQ

Robinwood is a three-bedroom detached house in Shermanbury, Horsham, Horsham (RH13 8HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in July 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 192 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £639,000 sits 96.6% above the 2008 sale of £325,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£157/sq ft) was about 44.2% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.