5a Oakley Cottages, High Street, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BL

5a Oakley Cottages is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6BL). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. At 66 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (66–138 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 6 units on file. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69).

At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 57% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £250,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.