Century Cottage, Lewes Road, Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath, RH17 7NG

Century Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Scaynes Hill, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 7NG). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £820,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £976,000 is 19% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£495/sq ft) was about 54.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.