Touchwood, Cranley Road, Guildford, GU1 2JS
About Touchwood
Touchwood is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 2JS). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump.
At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £815,000 is 27.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£531/sq ft) was about 49% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in April 2017.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Touchwood's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Dec 2023DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension with rooflights following demolition of existing conservatory
- Agent
- Resi
Extension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/P/01819
- Oct 2017Garage ConversionOutlineIn report
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether a garage conversion and changes to the fenestration would be lawful.
- Agent
- Adams Associates
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/P/01701
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Touchwood valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£815,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£640,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 April 2017Most recent
£640,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU1 2JS: £1,000,000 (2023–2014).
Nearby sales in GU1 2JS
28 Cranley Road, Guildford, GU1 2JS
Sold Aug 2023
£1,180,000Rosecroft, Cranley Road, Guildford, GU1 2JS
Sold Jun 2021
£735,000Timbertop, Cranley Road, Guildford, GU1 2JS
Sold Jun 2018
£1,000,00024a, Cranley Road, Guildford, GU1 2JS
Sold Apr 2014
£1,175,000Pitfold, Cranley Road, Guildford, GU1 2JS
Sold Aug 2013
£499,950
Versus other Cranley Road homes
Touchwood is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,714
Street avg £4,704
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 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
The Greenwood — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Boxgrove Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB







