2 Orchard Cottages, London Road, Danehill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7HS

2 Orchard Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Danehill, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 7HS). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £433,000 sits 81.9% above the 2015 sale of £238,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£539/sq ft) was about 111.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.