2 Redgates Cottages, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BJ
About 2 Redgates Cottages
2 Redgates Cottages is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£479/sq ft) was about 116.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £330,000 in September 2022. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemElectric
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2018Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fig Tree - Reduce height and overall shape by upto 2 metres.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/18/3859
- Nov 2017Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fig Tree - Thin crown by 50%.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/17/4064
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 2 Redgates Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£328,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 25 years.
£330,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2022Most recent
£330,000
+200.0%over 19 years27 August 2003
£110,000
+83.3%over 6 years21 May 1997
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH17 6BJ: £375,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in RH17 6BJ
Hill View, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BJ
Sold May 2024
£370,0003 Redgates Cottages, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BJ
Sold Mar 2024
£370,000Paddock Cottage, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BJ
Sold Jul 2022
£530,000New Cottage, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BJ
Sold Oct 2021
£375,000Kimberley, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BJ
Sold Mar 2021
£457,500
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other High Street homes
2 Redgates Cottages outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,156
Street avg £2,904
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
High Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Handcross Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.2dB