Star Cottage, Cripplegate Lane, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9HW

Star Cottage is a detached house in Southwater, Horsham, Horsham (RH13 9HW). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1540 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 47). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £666,000 sits 56.7% above the 2009 sale of £425,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.