The Cottage, Alston
The Cottage, Alston
Description & Estimates
The Cottage, Alston is recorded publicly as a period freehold house across 1,054 ft2 of internal area.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of The Cottage, Alston is £172,200 and its rental estimate is £965 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Nenthead Road, Alston, CA9 falls within the CA9 postal district.
Our Data Sources
The Cottage, Alston has a single entry in the Land Registry from January 2017 and a single entry in the EPC database dated October 2015.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 3 out of 5 and is considered of medium accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For The Cottage, Alston, we estimate a market value of £180,810 and a rental value of £1,013 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £160,146 and £897 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, The Cottage, Alston has seen its estimated sale value move up by £3,650 (2.1%) and its estimated rental value increase by £39 per month (4.0%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 6.7%.
Energy Efficiency
The Cottage, Alston has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of E. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 31 Oct 2015.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of The Cottage, Alston completed on 12th January 2017 at £115,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 66.7% over the period since January 2017.
- Sold Jan 2017£115,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to The Cottage, Alston have sold within a radius of 13.2 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 9th June 2025, was Vale View, Townhead, Alston, CA9 3SL, a freehold house which sold for £121,000.
Read more about house prices in CA9.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 27 addresses on Nenthead Road, Alston, CA9, The Cottage, Alston comes out as the 21st largest and the 21st most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £90k less expensive than the average property across the CA9 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 300mAlston Primary School
- 6.1kmNenthead Primary School
- 13.3kmWhitfield CofE Primary School
- 300mSamuel King's School
- 21.7kmHaydon Bridge High School
- 24.6kmWilliam Howard School
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Public Transport Nearby
From The Cottage, Alston, the nearest station is Haltwhistle, 17.5 kilometres away.
- 17.5kmHaltwhistle
- 18.4kmLazonby & Kirkoswald
- 19.0kmBardon Mill
Available Internet Speeds
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
