12 The Forge, Windmill Platt, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BS

12 The Forge is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6BS). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 57 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (47 m² median across 25 EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£318/sq ft) was about 50.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £195,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.