The Gatehouse, St Lukes Square, Guildford, GU1 3JU

The Gatehouse is a three-bedroom detached house in Guildford (GU1 3JU). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced Guildford HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £797,000 is 12.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£929/sq ft) was about 259.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 71 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold September 2021 for £710,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.