Birch Farm, Stone Quarry Road, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, RH17 7LS

Birch Farm is a detached house in Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 7LS). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2022) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 102). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £1,141,000 sits 67.8% above the 2018 sale of £680,000. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold September 2018 for £680,000.