Rowan Cottage, Birch Grove, Horsted Keynes, Haywards Heath, RH17 7DH

Rowan Cottage is a semi-detached house in Horsted Keynes, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 7DH). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since December 2019. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 92 m² it sits well below the postcode median (156 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £617,000 is 11.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£560/sq ft) was about 157.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £555,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.