3 Blackthorns, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2AX

3 Blackthorns is a three-bedroom detached house in Lindfield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH16 2AX). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 91 m² it's 28.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (127 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2018–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £698,000 is 30.5% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£546/sq ft) was about 24.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £535,000 in August 2020.