30 Rowan Close, Guildford, GU1 1PW

30 Rowan Close is a one-bedroom detached house in Guildford (GU1 1PW). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 48 m² this is the 4th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 46–109 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 31 units on file. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 30 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£416/sq ft) was about 111.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £215,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.