Buying a home in RH5, Dorking. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£571kmost £475k–£730k

Houses per m²£6,230flats £4,707

Sold last year78701 in five years

Prices in Mole Valley+2.4%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in RH5 sold for £571,069 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £475,026 and £730,459, for about 94 m² of space. That is about the same as the same home across Dorking (£563,000).

78 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £187k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in RH5 4 (£6,026) and the most in RH5 6 (£7,142).

Across Mole Valley, prices are up 2.4% on a year ago and up 9.2% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,856 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £2,604 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £114,000 for that mortgage: what £120,000 buys.

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House prices in RH5 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£300,637	£282k–£319k	42 m²	33
2	£410,239	£375k–£452k	63 m²	148
3	£571,069	£475k–£730k	94 m²	218
4	£772,059	£632k–£989k	127 m²	97
5+	£1,164,010	£917k–£1.54m	184 m²	136

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£301k	£410k	£571k	£772k	£1.16m
Detached	—	£559k	£768k	£891k	£1.23m
Semi-detached	£289k	£424k	£550k	£655k	£743k
Terraced	£302k	£392k	£451k	£528k	—
Flats	£187k	£283k	—	—	—

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across RH5

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
RH5 4	£6,026	£4,727
RH5 5	£6,043	£4,366
RH5 6	£7,142	£5,512

Schools near RH5

Best state secondary within 5 kmThe Priory Church of England School31.7% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%2 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

RH4 Dorking · 4 km3-bed house £557k RH3 Betchworth · 7 km3-bed house £644k KT23 Leatherhead · 10 km3-bed house £658k KT24 Leatherhead · 11 km3-bed house £735k RH2 Reigate · 11 km3-bed house £629k GU6 Cranleigh · 11 km3-bed house £558k GU5 Guildford · 12 km3-bed house £644k KT22 Leatherhead · 12 km3-bed house £622k

Questions about RH5

Is RH5 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs about the same as across Dorking; prices in Mole Valley are up 2.4% on a year ago; the best secondary is below it (31.7% against 43.8%); 78 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.

How much is a 3-bedroom house in RH5?

A typical 3-bedroom house in RH5 sold for £571,069 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £475,026 and £730,459.

Is RH5 expensive for Dorking?

A 3-bedroom house in RH5 costs about the same as the typical 3-bedroom house across Dorking (£563,000).

How many homes sell in RH5 each year?

78 homes sold in the last year and 701 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.

Where is cheaper near RH5?

For a 3-bedroom house, RH12 (£485k, 13 km), RH6 (£463k, 13 km), RH11 (£368k, 13 km).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.