Stumble Cottage, Oldlands Avenue, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6LY

Stumble Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6LY). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. 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.

Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £928,000 is 11.7% below the 2021 sale of £1,051,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£888/sq ft) was about 178.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 110 m² it's 17% larger than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 11 EPCs). 6 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £1,051,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.