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Get startedHope Cottage is a detached house in Sidlow, Reigate, Reigate (RH2 8PP). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.
6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 87 m² it sits well below the postcode median (181 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Hope Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A a two-storey side and rear extension application was refused at Hope Cottage in 2024.
Extension: Single storey
Change of use of existing listed barn to dwelling with additional single storey extension. As amended on 20/05/2025, 15/07/2025, 26/08/25 and on 10/09/2025
Hope Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£555,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On floor area, Hope Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
48 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 171 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Works and repairs to a grade II listed barn to enable converstion to a dwelling with additional single storey extension. As amended on 15/07/2025, 26/08/25 and on 10/09/2025
4 more applications for this property
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Median price across the last 5 sales in RH2 8PP: £730,000 (2025–2020).
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2 Colley View Ironsbottom Sidlow Reigate
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Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
RH2 8NE
Reigate Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Dovers Green School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB