4 Rose Cottages, Snowdrop Lane, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2QE

4 Rose Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Lindfield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH16 2QE). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in July 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Today's modelled estimate of £390,000 sits 56% above the 2007 sale of £250,000. At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (142 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).