5 Bloomsbury Court, St Lukes Square, Guildford, GU1 3NQ

5 Bloomsbury Court is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 3NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. At 53 m² this is the 6th smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–74 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.

8 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold January 2021 for £268,000. Across the public record there are 8 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. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£470/sq ft) was about 62.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.