Hillcrest Farm, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NX
About Hillcrest Farm
Hillcrest Farm is a semi-detached house in Plummers Plain, Horsham, Horsham (RH13 6NX). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in May 2003. Today's modelled estimate of £460,000 sits 84% above the 2003 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£553/sq ft) was about 106.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Jan 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 applications on record at Hillcrest Farm, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NX
- Sept 2005AnnexFullOutcome in report
Erection of attached single storey granny annexe
- Reference
- DC/05/1781
- More recent applications — locked
- AnnexNov 2005Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Hillcrest Farm valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£460,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£250,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 May 2003Most recent
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH13 6NX: £460,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in RH13 6NX
1 Carters Cottages, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NX
Sold Dec 2024
£460,000The Quest, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NX
Sold Sept 2022
£960,000Cheriton Cottage, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NX
Sold Feb 2020
£1,200,0002 Plummers Plain Cottages, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NX
Sold Aug 2019
£300,000Japunji, Handcross Road, Plummers Plain, Horsham, RH13 6NX
Sold Nov 2018
£434,500
Versus other Handcross Road homes
Hillcrest Farm outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,952
Street avg £2,996
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Garage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Lower Beeding. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB







