Myrtle Cottage, Brighton Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6BU

Myrtle Cottage is a semi-detached house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6BU). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 782 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 sits 252.5% above the 1998 sale of £99,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 54.6% below the postcode norm. At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (120 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).