Cranley Lodge, 5, 2 Cranley Road, Guildford, GU1 2EH

Cranley Lodge is a semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 2EH). It has a recorded floor area of 28 m² (around 301 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2024. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 28 m² this is the 6th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in Cranley Lodge, where floor areas span 17–50 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 10 units on file.

Held since April 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 sits 398.5% above the 1996 sale of £32,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£108/sq ft) was about 68.1% below the postcode norm. At 28 m² it sits well below the postcode median (48 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.