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Acorns Cottage, London Lane, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5BD

3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Floor area
173 m²
1866 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 68
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Acorns Cottage

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

Acorns Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 5BD). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1866 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £671,000 sits 75.2% above the 2010 sale of £383,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 25.7% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.

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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
Energy

Energy performance

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

Acorns Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Mar 2020

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D68
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Very Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
5.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Acorns Cottage, London Lane, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5BD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension at Acorns Cottage.

  1. Jul 2007
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property

    Two storey and single storey rear extensions - revised proposal

    Reference
    07/01465/FUL
    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.

Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.

Current estimate

£671,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.5% per year over 10 years.

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Last sold (2010)

£383,000

Growth on file: 10.5% per year over 10 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 29 September 2010Most recent

    £383,000

    +99.5%over 8 years

  2. 7 October 2001

    £192,000

    +37.1%over 1 year

  3. 30 August 2000

    £140,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in RH17 5BD: £730,000 (2025–2022).

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On the street

Versus other London Lane homes

Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Acorns Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,209

Street avg £4,023

Strongly below

Floor Area

173 m²

Street avg 127 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

5.5 t/year

Street avg 4.6 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.
£711k

1 Burrell Cottages, Whitemans Green, Cuckfield

RH17 5DB

3 bed
£587k

1 Belle Vue, Broad Street, Cuckfield

RH17 5DS

3 bed
£568k

1 Beaconsfield Villas, Whitemans Green, Cuckfield

RH17 5DA

3 bed
£670k

1 Castle Cottages, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead

RH17 5NT

4 bed
£750k

1 Bylanes Crescent, Cuckfield

RH17 5HA

4 bed
£755k

1 Betts Folly, Warninglid Lane, Warninglid

RH17 5TQ

4 bed2 bath
£573k

1 Callender Walk, Cuckfield

RH17 5HW

4 bed2 bath
£566k

1 Brick Lane, Cuckfield

RH17 5GN

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

0.2 km

Hatchlands — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 km

Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Cuckfield. 6 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

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 5BD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for RH17 5BD

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for RH17 5BD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.8dB

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

Common questions

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