14 Chestnut Road, Guildford, GU1 1HG
About 14 Chestnut Road
14 Chestnut Road is a semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 1HG). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Most recent transfer: April 2019 at £440,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 72 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 17 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £522,000 is 18.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£568/sq ft) was about 127.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Aug 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2019Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension, hip to gable roof extension and conversion of loft into habitable space including insertion of three windows and one roof light.
- Agent
- GMW
Extension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/P/01731
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£522,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 21 years.
£440,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
17 April 2019Most recent
£440,000
-2.2%over 1 year28 June 2017
£450,000
+30.4%over 3 years11 December 2013
£345,000
+38.6%over 7 years23 August 2006
£249,000
+3.8%over 2 years17 March 2004
£240,000
+77.8%over 5 years30 July 1998
£134,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU1 1HG: £522,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in GU1 1HG
Versus other Chestnut Road homes
Floor Area for 14 Chestnut Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,111
Street avg £4,235
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
27/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Recreation Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Sandfield Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.2dB







