1 Highbury Cottages, Horsham Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6DR

1 Highbury Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6DR). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 4-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £540,000 is 13.7% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£412/sq ft) was about 59.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2020 for £475,000.