Green Cottage, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BJ
About Green Cottage
Green Cottage is a semi-detached house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
At 106 m² it's 19.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 17 EPCs). Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £478,000 is 13.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 85.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £420,000 in March 2021. 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
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Green Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£478,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.0% per year over 16 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 3.0% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
18 March 2021Most recent
£420,000
+61.5%over 16 years26 October 2004
£260,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH17 6BJ: £370,000 (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
£370,0002 Redgates Cottages, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BJ
Sold Sept 2022
£330,000Paddock Cottage, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BJ
Sold Jul 2022
£530,000New Cottage, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BJ
Sold Oct 2021
£375,000
Everything we know about Green Cottage, in one report
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
Green Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,962
Street avg £3,003
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 3.6 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