6 Balcombe Gardens, Horley, RH6 9BY

6 Balcombe Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Horley (RH6 9BY). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £738,000 is 20% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£371/sq ft) was about 29.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £615,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.