Hill Lodge, Staplefield Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EB
About Hill Lodge
Hill Lodge is a detached house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6EB). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Hill Lodge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at Hill Lodge is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Sept 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
T2 Ash - pollard back to the previous cut points.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/21/2835
- Nov 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Oak (T1) thin crown by 15%
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/20/3414
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Hill Lodge has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£571,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 2 sales in RH17 6EB: £163,750 (2007–1996).
Nearby sales in RH17 6EB
Everything we know about Hill Lodge, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Staplefield Road homes
Floor Area for Hill Lodge runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 39 (F)
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 91 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The Garden House — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Handcross Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.4dB