1 Carters Cottages, Selsfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TJ

1 Carters Cottages is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Ardingly, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. At 47 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–100 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (74 versus a worst of 48). The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average.

At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold July 2021 for £205,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.