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About 1 Recreation Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Recreation Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 1HE). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Guildford HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£520/sq ft) was about 83.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). A recent sale: £750,000 in November 2024. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Recreation Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Jun 2023
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E54
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
1 Recreation Road has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2021ExtensionFullApprove
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Proposed single storey side/rear extension.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on 1 Recreation Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£774,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 25 years.
Last sold (2024)
£750,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Recreation Road homes
Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
1 Recreation Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,597
Street avg £3,267
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Guildford district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
27/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Recreation Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around GU1 1HE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 50 points of interest in total.
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