1 Symonds Cottages, Haywards Heath Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6NG
About 1 Symonds Cottages
1 Symonds Cottages is a semi-detached house in Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6NG). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump.
At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Symonds Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2008Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell one Thuja Plicata.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/03617/TCA
- Dec 2004HeritageIn report
The property currently has at 7" PRC type weather boarding, which is now beyond reasonable repair. It is proposed to replace the weather boarding with 6" PRC as no timber merchant has been found who is able to produce 7"PRC.
- Reference
- 04/02583/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Symonds Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£433,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 1 sales in RH17 6NG: £620,000 (2016–2016).
Nearby sales in RH17 6NG
Everything we know about 1 Symonds Cottages, 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 Haywards Heath Road homes
On epc rating, 1 Symonds Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 55 (E)
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 112 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ouse Valley Surgery — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Balcombe Cofe Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB