The Lighthouse, Beaconsfield Road, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, RH17 7LF

The Lighthouse is a detached house in Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 7LF). It has a recorded floor area of 241 m² (around 2594 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on bulk wood pellets. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in October 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 241 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,085,000 sits 376.9% above the 1998 sale of £227,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 65.6% below the postcode norm.