1 Cecil Cottages, Lewes Road, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, RH17 7DE

1 Cecil Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 7DE). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 781 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 73 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (73–128 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to E, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On the market in January 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £241,000 is 33.9% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 25.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.