Prospect Cottage, Haywards Heath Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6PG

Prospect Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6PG). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £645,000 is 13.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£424/sq ft) was about 39.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in October 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.