1 Long Acre Cottages, Ardingly Road, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5HF

1 Long Acre Cottages is a semi-detached house in Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 5HF). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in February 2007. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 83 m² it sits well below the postcode median (123 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 16% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £516,000 is 25.9% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£459/sq ft) was about 86.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.