The Old Post, Tanyard Lane, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EL
About The Old Post
The Old Post is a four-bedroom detached house in Staplefield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6EL). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £1,045,000 is 20.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£532/sq ft) was about 37.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £870,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
The Old Post sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Old Post has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at The Old Post
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,045,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£870,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 December 2021Most recent
£870,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in RH17 6EL: £435,000 (2018–1999).
Nearby sales in RH17 6EL
The Grange Stud, Tanyard Lane, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EL
Sold Mar 2018
£1,250,000Old Grange, Tanyard Lane, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EL
Sold Apr 2004
£500,000West Grange, Tanyard Lane, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EL
Sold Sept 2001
£303,000Post Office Cottage, Tanyard Lane, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EL
Sold Nov 1999
£370,000
Everything we know about The Old Post, 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 Tanyard Lane homes
On price per m², The Old Post stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,724
Street avg £3,941
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 130 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The Jolly Tanners — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St. Mark's CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB