Oakfield Cottage, Brantridge Lane, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6JR

Oakfield Cottage is a detached house in Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6JR). It has a recorded floor area of 280 m² (around 3014 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2017. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.

At 280 m² the property is well over the postcode median (136 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 21.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£471/sq ft) was about 89.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £1,420,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.