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

Tile Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6PE). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

A recent sale: £380,000 in January 2025. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2013–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£751/sq ft) was about 154.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.