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Buying at RH16 1EB

Before you offer on a home at RH16 1EB: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £550k. In Haywards Heath West.

3 clear£550k typical on Queens Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Note
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
Note
1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: rail 60 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: U, 940 m awayAbout 11,341 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£550ktypical sale on Queens Road, last 10 years

£4,388typical price per m² in Haywards Heath West

£4,690–£7,850per m² for homes at RH16 1EB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,388 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £395k. Homes at RH16 1EB have sold 7–79% above it. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Haywards Heath West

Haywards Heath West

+3% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	53	£635k	£310k – £1.29m
Semi-detached	53	£495k	£200k – £1.50m
Terraced	63	£425k	£136k – £1.10m
Flat	199	£250k	£85k – £825k

Standard sales in Haywards Heath West. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

14sales on Queens Road in the last two years

368sales in Haywards Heath West in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at RH16 1EB

Home	Last sold	Floor area
10, Queens RoadSemi-detached	£615,000, Jan 2020	131 m²	Buyer's report →
12, Queens RoadSemi-detached	£770,000, Aug 2023	138 m²	Buyer's report →
14, Queens RoadSemi-detached	£130,000, Jun 1995	–	Buyer's report →
16, Queens RoadSemi-detached	£395,000, Jan 2007	–	Buyer's report →
18, Queens RoadSemi-detached	£470,000, May 2013	132 m²	Buyer's report →
20, Queens RoadSemi-detached	£750,000, Dec 2024	140 m²	Buyer's report →
22, Queens RoadSemi-detached	£957,500, Aug 2025	122 m²	Buyer's report →
24, Queens RoadSemi-detached	£149,950, Jan 1997	–	Buyer's report →
26, Queens RoadSemi-detached	£550,000, Jun 2014	148 m²	Buyer's report →
30, Queens RoadDetached

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Buying at RH16 1EB

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £550k. In Haywards Heath West.

3 clear£550k typical on Queens Road

Before you make an offer

Note

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: rail 60 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: U, 940 m awayAbout 11,341 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£550ktypical sale on Queens Road, last 10 years

£4,388typical price per m² in Haywards Heath West

£4,690–£7,850per m² for homes at RH16 1EB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,388 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £395k. Homes at RH16 1EB have sold 7–79% above it. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Haywards Heath West, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£188k	£154k	£990 a month	6.3%
2 beds	£264k	£242k	£1,190 a month	5.4%
3 beds	£439k	£402k	£1,620 a month	4.4%
4+ beds	£601k	£479k	£2,130 a month	4.3%
All homes	£353k	£248k	£1,290 a month	4.4%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places