Old Highlands West, London Road, Bolney, Haywards Heath, RH17 5PX

Old Highlands West is a six-bedroom detached house in Bolney, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 5PX). It has a recorded floor area of 431 m² (around 4639 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (December 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on oil.

At 431 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,618,000 is 33.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 28.8% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £1,210,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.