Forge Cottage, Haywards Heath Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6PE

Forge Cottage is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6PE). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: November 2018 at £680,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Across 2002–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year.