The Old Vicarage, Brantridge Lane, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, RH17 6EN

The Old Vicarage is a five-bedroom detached house in Staplefield, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6EN). It has a recorded floor area of 323 m² (around 3477 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since May 2015. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since February 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 323 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 17 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,253,000 sits 305% above the 1996 sale of £309,380. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£89/sq ft) was about 71.6% below the postcode norm. 14 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.