1 Old Cottage, Cuckfield Road, Ansty, Haywards Heath, RH17 5AG

1 Old Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Ansty, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 5AG). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (116 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £299,950 in April 2019. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £360,000 is 20% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 18.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.