Sandpit Cottage, High Road, Hooley CR5 3SD: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A detached house of 260 m² built 1930-1949, rated EPC E. It last sold for £795,000 in Apr 2011. The Resi IQ estimate today is £1,339,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £795,000 in 2011; our estimate today is £1,339,000, up 68% (3.4% a year), behind the 5.1% a year typical on High Road.
- What we found
- Last sold £795,000 in Apr 2011, up 10% since 2004 (1.4% a year).
- Estimate today £1,339,000, higher than 62% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 260 m² against a street median of 156.25 m²; estimated £5,150/m².
- EPC E; 22% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 2700 m to Chipstead station (about 44 min walk).
Sandpit Cottage, High Road, Hooley CR5 3SD: a detached built 1930-1949
Sandpit Cottage, High Road is a detached house in Hooley, Reigate and Banstead, built 1930-1949. It has an internal floor area of 260 m² and 6 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 156.25 m² home on High Road. The postcode is CR5 3SD, in Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne ward and the Reigate constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2004, when the home changed hands for £722,000. It sold again in 2011 for £795,000, a rise of 10% overall, or 1.4% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £1,339,000 implies a 68% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 62th percentile of recent house sales on the street. Treat it as a figure to test against comparable sales rather than a price.
The energy certificate rates the home EPC band E and was lodged 21 Jul 2010. Across High Road, 22% of rated homes reach band C or better. Chipstead station is 2.7 km from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 94 minutes.
Sandpit Cottage, High Road value: estimated at £1,339,000, in the middle of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on High Road.
Sale history
| 21 Apr 2011 | Detached house | £795,000 |
| 2 Apr 2004 | Detached house | £722,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£1,071,000 to £1,607,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where Sandpit Cottage, High Road sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for Sandpit Cottage, High Road
What it would take to reach EPC C, and what solar could do for this roof.
Typical routes to EPC C
This home is rated EPC E. These are the measures that usually close the gap for a typical home.
| Improvement | Typical cost | Saves a year |
|---|---|---|
| Loft insulation to 270 mm | £900–£1,500 | £110–£170 |
| Cavity wall insulation | £1,500–£3,500 | £190–£300 |
| Low-energy lighting throughout | £100–£250 | £30–£60 |
| Air-source heat pump | £7,000–£13,000 | £0–£250 |
| Solar panels (4 kWp) | £5,000–£7,000 | £300–£600 |
Indicative UK ranges from Energy Saving Trust guidance; get quotes before you commit. The certificate for this address lists its own recommended measures on the government EPC register.
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
Repayment mortgage, illustrative. The rate is an example; check a lender’s current rate before relying on it.
1026 kWh per kWp a year from PVGIS at this location (35° pitch, south-facing, 14% losses). Costs and prices are typical assumptions you can edit.
The building at Sandpit Cottage, High Road: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Detached house
- Age band
- 1930-1949
- Floor area
- 260 m² (street median 156.25 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 6
- EPC rating
- E
- Tenure when surveyed
- owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 68103447
Similar homes that sold near Sandpit Cottage, High Road
Detached homes on the street within 12 m² of this one, sold since 2019.
| Address | Size | EPC | Sold | Price | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longmeadow, High Road | 271 m² | E | 9 Jul 2025 | £2,000,000 | £7,380 |
| Delville, High Road | 249 m² | E | 3 Oct 2019 | £1,282,500 | £5,151 |
Who lives near Sandpit Cottage, High Road: 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 52% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Reigate and Banstead 004C: 1,661 residents in 638 households around Sandpit Cottage, High Road. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1515%
- 15 to 248%
- 25 to 4420%
- 45 to 6434%
- 65 and over23%
Household type
- One person17%
- Couple, no children22%
- Family with children28%
- Other32%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright49%
- Mortgage or shared41%
- Private rented8%
- Social rented2%
Cars and vans per household
- No car3%
- 1 car26%
- 2 cars44%
- 3 or more26%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (828 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good90%
- Fair8%
- Bad or very bad2%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above49%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level21%
- None9%
Schools near Sandpit Cottage, High Road: 6 within 3.5 km, 4 primary, with their latest Ofsted grades
Distances from the Department for Education register, with the latest Ofsted outcome for each school.
| School | Phase | Latest Ofsted | Distance | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serenity School Other independent special school · ages 11-19 | Special | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 2.4 km 39 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Royal Alexandra and Albert School Voluntary aided school · ages 7-18 | All-through | Good Graded inspection, Apr 2024 | 2.6 km 43 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Merstham Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Nov 2022 | 2.9 km 47 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery Academy sponsor led · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jul 2022 | 3.3 km 54 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Furzefield Primary Academy Academy converter · ages 0-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, May 2023 | 3.4 km 55 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Kingswood Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jan 2022 | 3.5 km 57 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
Ofsted replaced its single-word judgements with report cards for inspections from November 2025, so each school shows its most recent grade on the older scale until it is re-inspected. Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas; check the council for admissions rules.
Commuting from Sandpit Cottage, High Road: 94 minutes to Victoria by train
Fastest door-to-door journey arriving by 08:30 on a weekday, from the TfL journey planner, including the walk to the station.
Sandpit Cottage, High Road to central London
| Victoria | 94 min | walk 43 min → train 13 min → train 25 min |
| Blackfriars | 96 min | walk 43 min → train 28 min → train 20 min |
Stations near Sandpit Cottage, High Road
| Chipstead | 2700 m | about 44 min walk |
| Merstham | 2760 m | about 45 min walk |
| Kingswood | 2960 m | about 48 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Sandpit Cottage, High Road
No mapped bus stops within 1 km of this postcode. Rural stops and routes can be missing from OpenStreetMap, so check the operator before relying on this.
Shops, doctors and services near Sandpit Cottage, High Road: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 1 EV charging sites within 6 km
Nearest of each kind, from OpenStreetMap, measured in a straight line from the postcode.
| Service | Nearest | Distance | Within 2 km |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP surgery | Downland Surgery | 4.0 km | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Valley Pharmacy | 4.1 km | 11 |
| Dentist | Crossways Dental | 4.2 km | 12 |
| Supermarket | Waitrose | 4.7 km | 6 |
| Library | Unnamed | 4.2 km | 5 |
| Post office | Station Parade Post Office | 2.8 km | 9 |
| Park or green space | Unnamed | 1.2 km | 38 |
| Hospital | Caterham Dene Hospital & Minor Injuries Unit | 6.0 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near Sandpit Cottage, High Road
196 public charging devices in Reigate and Banstead (35 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 123 per 100,000 people. That ranks 189 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
1 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| Esso EV Charger Esso | 1 bay | 2.5 km |
Authority counts: Department for Transport, public charging device statistics. Site locations are community-mapped in OpenStreetMap, so newer sites can be missing.
Who represents Sandpit Cottage, High Road: MP and councillors
County councillors for Surrey are elected separately; see Surrey County Council.
Air quality and noise near Sandpit Cottage, High Road: NO₂ 8.7 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and within the WHO guideline
Modelled annual averages for the 1 km square around this location, from Defra's 2023 background maps. Readings beside busy roads are higher.
| Pollutant | This square | WHO guideline | UK legal limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 8.7 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean.
- Height above sea level
- 168 m
- Air quality management area
- No
Defra noise maps cover major roads and railways only (above 55 dB), so "no contour" does not mean silent. Height from the Copernicus 90 m elevation model via Open-Meteo.
Crime and policing near Sandpit Cottage, High Road
Crime and policing near Sandpit Cottage, High Road
169 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Sandpit Cottage, High Road
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 88, earlier 6 months: 81.
Police-recorded incidents mapped to the nearest street within roughly a mile, so a road near the town centre shows more shoplifting and anti-social behaviour than a quiet cul-de-sac nearby. Counts show what was reported, not how safe any home is.
Food and drink near Sandpit Cottage, High Road
56 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 41 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Chipstead Football Club (627 m, rated 4); Chipstead, Coulsdon And Walcountians Cricket Club (627 m, rated 5); Starbucks Coffee Co UK Ltd (1199 m, rated 5); Peter Aubertin Hall (1230 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around Sandpit Cottage, High Road
- Conservation area
- Yes
- Green belt
- Yes
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- No
- Ward
- Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne
- Planning authority
- Reigate and Banstead LPA
The Reigate and Banstead market: average price £481,089, up 0.5% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Reigate and Banstead, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £919,360 |
| Semi-detached | £539,233 |
| Terraced | £428,529 |
| Flat or maisonette | £267,731 |
This street: houses sold for a median of £1,260,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £481,089 across all home types, so a house here sells for 162% more than the authority average.
Photos of Sandpit Cottage, High Road and the streets around it
Openly licensed photos taken close to this location on Wikimedia Commons. They show the surroundings, not necessarily this exact address.
Council tax at Sandpit Cottage, High Road: Band D is £2,567 a year in Reigate and Banstead, up 4.4% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Reigate and Banstead is £2,567 for 2026 to 2027, £175 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Reigate and Banstead 54th highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,459 last year. Next door in Croydon, Band D is £2,600, £33 more than in Reigate and Banstead, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £33 a year at Band D.
Your own bill depends on your property's band. In England bands are set from the home's estimated value on 1 April 1991, so a Band C home pays eight ninths of the Band D charge and a Band F home thirteen ninths. The figures below are the charge for each band in Reigate and Banstead, before any discount or reduction, and they include the county or borough, police, fire and any parish or GLA precepts averaged across the authority.
| Band | Per year | Per month (12 payments) |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,711 | £143 |
| Band B | £1,996 | £166 |
| Band C | £2,281 | £190 |
| Band D | £2,567 | £214 |
| Band E | £3,137 | £261 |
| Band F | £3,707 | £309 |
| Band G | £4,278 | £356 |
| Band H | £5,133 | £428 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
Sandpit Cottage, High Road, Hooley: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of Sandpit Cottage, High Road?
Sandpit Cottage, High Road has an EPC rating of band E, with a recorded internal floor area of 260 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did Sandpit Cottage, High Road last sell for?
Sandpit Cottage, High Road last sold for £795,000 on 21 Apr 2011, up 10% on its 2 Apr 2004 price of £722,000.
What is the estimated value of Sandpit Cottage, High Road?
An automated estimate puts Sandpit Cottage, High Road at £1,339,000, in a range of £1,071,000 to £1,607,000. It is a model estimate from Resi IQ, not a valuation, so compare it with recent sales on the street.
What council tax band is Sandpit Cottage, High Road?
The band is held by the Valuation Office Agency, which you can look up on GOV.UK. For reference, Band D council tax in Reigate and Banstead is £2,567 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.