2 Rose Cottages, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BL

2 Rose Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6BL). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 118 m² it's 24.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 22 EPCs). Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 59% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £447,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.