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Get startedAlma Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Dial Post, Horsham, Horsham (RH13 8NH). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in August 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Horsham HPI: 14.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £689,000 is 37.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£693/sq ft) was about 139.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (130 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).
Alma Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Alma Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£689,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.9% per year over 5 years.
£499,950
Growth on file: 14.9% per year over 5 years.
On years held, Alma Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,462
Street avg £9,363
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The Crown Inn — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB

13 August 2007Most recent
£499,950
+106.4%over 5 years31 May 2002
£242,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH13 8NH: £620,000 (2022–2017).
1 Dial Post Cottages Worthing Road Dial Post Horsham
Sold Sept 2022
The Old Granary Worthing Road Dial Post Horsham
Sold Apr 2019
Old Cottage Worthing Road Dial Post Horsham
Sold Mar 2018
Shirley Cottage Worthing Road Dial Post Horsham
Sold Sept 2017
The Staging House Worthing Road Dial Post Horsham
Sold Mar 2017
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 10.4 t/year
RH13 8NF
Closest school
2.9 km
Shipley CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.4dB
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