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Furnival Cottage, Cuckfield Road, Ansty, Haywards Heath, RH17 5AG

Extendable2 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathroom
1
Floor area
91 m²
980 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 44
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Furnival Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Furnival Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ansty, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 5AG). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£587/sq ft) was about 84.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. At 91 m² it's 21.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (116 m² median across 33 EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £575,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms1
  • Dining roomYes
  • Utility roomYes
  • CloakroomYes

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
  • DrivewayYes
  • Cul-de-sacYes

Building

  • Heating systemOil
  • Period featuresYes
  • Extension potentialPossible
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Furnival Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E44
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Furnival Cottage, Cuckfield Road, Ansty, Haywards Heath, RH17 5AG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Council records include a two-storey side extension at Furnival Cottage.

  1. Nov 2023
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Two storey · Side of property

    Proposed double storey side extension

    Documents
    11 docs on file
    Reference
    DM/23/2578
    View planning record
  2. May 2023
    Outline
    In report

    Proposed use of the land for siting a mobile home for use incidental to the main dwelling and the proposed mobile home meets the definition of a caravan as set out in the Caravan Sites Act 1968, and as amended in October 2006 (CSA).

    Documents
    21 docs on file
    Reference
    DM/23/0361
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£585,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.7% per year over 15 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£575,000

Growth on file: 2.7% per year over 15 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 27 September 2022Most recent

    £575,000

    +47.4%over 14 years

  2. 4 February 2008

    £390,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in RH17 5AG: £240,000 (2025–2022).

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On the street

Versus other Cuckfield Road homes

Four headline reads against 28 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Furnival Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£6,319

Street avg £3,307

Strongly above

Floor Area

91 m²

Street avg 156 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

6.0 t/year

Street avg 5.2 t/year

Below
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£587k

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3 bed
£711k

1 Burrell Cottages, Whitemans Green, Cuckfield

RH17 5DB

3 bed
£573k

1 Callender Walk, Cuckfield

RH17 5HW

4 bed2 bath
£566k

1 Brick Lane, Cuckfield

RH17 5GN

4 bed
£537k

1 Braynesmead Cottages, Whitemans Green, Cuckfield

RH17 5BX

2 bed1 bath
£670k

1 Castle Cottages, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead

RH17 5NT

4 bed
£750k

1 Bylanes Crescent, Cuckfield

RH17 5HA

4 bed
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Haywards Heath district page.
Full Haywards Heath report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Ansty Cross — bus stop.

Closest school

2.3 km

Warden Park Secondary Academy. 3 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RH17 5AG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for RH17 5AG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.4dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for RH17 5AG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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