59 Down Road, Guildford, GU1 2PZ
About 59 Down Road
59 Down Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 2PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in January 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £861,000 is 27.6% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£464/sq ft) was about 27.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
- Jun 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension.
- Agent
- Emby Architecture
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/P/00940
- Apr 2007Loft ConversionOutlineIn report
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed loft conversion incorporating flat roofed dormer window with Juliet balcony to rear elevation.
- Agent
- A1 Lofts
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/P/00415
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Sales history & valuation
59 Down Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£861,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 21 years.
£674,888
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
12 January 2017Most recent
£674,888
+36.3%over 6 years5 August 2010
£495,000
+58.7%over 6 years15 April 2004
£312,000
+29.5%over 2 years8 August 2001
£241,000
+35.4%over 2 years18 December 1998
£178,000
+42.4%over 2 years31 January 1996
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU1 2PZ: £448,000 (2025–2020).
Versus other Down Road homes
59 Down Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,999
Street avg £5,417
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 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







