Flat, 1 Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RT

Flat is a semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 3RT). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on electricity. At 83 m² this is the 17th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–111 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 25 units on file.

Today's modelled estimate of £539,000 is 63.2% below the 2015 sale of £1,465,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,640/sq ft) was about 165.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 83 m² it's 18.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 24 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 11 years ago, in September 2015. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.