5 Chestnut Road, Guildford, GU1 1HG

5 Chestnut Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 1HG). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement.

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 119 m² it's 29.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 17 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2013–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £716,000 is 12.8% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£496/sq ft) was about 93.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2018 at £635,000.