1 Taunton Cottages, Handcross Road, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EF

1 Taunton Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Staplefield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6EF). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a G (score 12), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (December 2024); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 87 m² it's 15.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer was March 2025 at £475,000 — fresh data. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£507/sq ft) was about 49.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.