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

3 Cecil Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 7DE). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1382 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2010) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since April 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1997–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £658,000 sits 56.7% above the 2005 sale of £420,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 69.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.