3 Downsway, Guildford, GU1 2YA
About 3 Downsway
3 Downsway is a four-bedroom detached house in Guildford (GU1 2YA). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2293 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in December 1998. 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 £1,354,000 sits 281.4% above the 1998 sale of £355,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 62.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Energy performance
3 Downsway's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Downsway has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension (Additional plans received 16/10/06).
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/P/02073
- Dec 2003ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Erection of two storey rear extension. First floor front extension with new garage attached to existing property.
- Agent
- PCA Architects
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 03/P/02295
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 3 Downsway was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,354,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£355,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 December 1998Most recent
£355,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU1 2YA: £1,550,000 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in GU1 2YA
Versus other Downsway homes
On price per m², 3 Downsway runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,667
Street avg £5,433
Floor Area
213 m²
Street avg 238 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.3 t/year
Street avg 10.6 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
0.5 km
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Merrow Junior School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB







