1 Bury Fields, Guildford, GU2 4AZ

1 Bury Fields is a five-bedroom detached house in Guildford (GU2 4AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since April 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold January 2022 for £1,274,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£586/sq ft) was about 20.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.