57 Down Road, Guildford, GU1 2PZ
About 57 Down Road
57 Down Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 2PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £788,000 is 17.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£470/sq ft) was about 41.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2019 for £672,500.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
57 Down Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2009ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/P/01516
- Jul 2006OutlineIn report
Lawful Development Certificate to establish whether the rear dormer window requires planning permission.
- Agent
- A1 Lofts Ltd
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 06/P/01126
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Sales history & valuation
57 Down Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£788,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 22 years.
£672,500
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
6 December 2019Most recent
£672,500
+380.5%over 21 years30 April 1998
£139,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU1 2PZ: £448,000 (2025–2020).
Versus other Down Road homes
Floor Area for 57 Down Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,056
Street avg £5,415
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
27/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Boxgrove Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB







