5 College Close, Handcross Park, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6HG

5 College Close is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Handcross, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6HG). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in April 1999. At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 20.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £458,000 sits 199.3% above the 1999 sale of £153,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£135/sq ft) was about 56.3% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.