Mount Noddy Cottage, Church Lane, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7EY

Mount Noddy Cottage is a six-bedroom detached house in Danehill, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 7EY). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2022); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.

Held since March 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £2,165,000 sits 189% above the 2001 sale of £749,212. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,313/sq ft) was about 288.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 9 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.