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

24 The Forge is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6BS). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. At 47 m² this is the 13th smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–60 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since September 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £152,000 is 20.6% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 15.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.