1 Oakley Cottages, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BL

1 Oakley Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6BL). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Sold August 2020 for £417,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 25.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.