19 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HQ
About 19 Recreation Road
19 Recreation Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 1HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £675,000 in August 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2008. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£482/sq ft) was about 38.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
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Energy performance
19 Recreation Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 29 April 2031
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Planning history
1 application on record at 19 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HQ
- May 2008Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
Addition of dormer window to rear elevation and velux roof lights to front elevation.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/P/00673
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Sales history & valuation
19 Recreation Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£735,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 23 years.
£675,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
12 August 2021Most recent
£675,000
+117.7%over 16 years29 June 2005
£309,995
+84.5%over 6 years17 December 1998
£168,000
+44.8%28 July 1998
£116,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU1 1HQ: £485,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in GU1 1HQ
25a, Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HQ
Sold Jul 2025
£377,500Flat 1, 31 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HQ
Sold Jul 2024
£217,00021 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HQ
Sold Apr 2024
£485,00018 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HQ
Sold Dec 2023
£720,00029 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HQ
Sold Oct 2023
£795,000
Versus other Recreation Road homes
On epc rating, 19 Recreation Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,192
Street avg £4,884
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
466/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Guildford College — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Sandfield Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.8dB






