Wakefield House, Haywards Heath Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6NJ

Wakefield House is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £771,000 is 12% below the 2022 sale of £875,723, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£515/sq ft) was about 38.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £875,723 in November 2022. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.