16 Bedford House, Onslow Street, Guildford, GU1 4TL

16 Bedford House is a two-bedroom detached house in Guildford (GU1 4TL). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 49). Main heating runs on electricity. At 72 m² this is the 40th smallest of 64 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–80 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (24 versus a best of 82).

At 72 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 63 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. Across 2007–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£361/sq ft) was about 49.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in April 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.