2 Chaucer Court, Guildford, GU2 4DB

2 Chaucer Court is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU2 4DB). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. At 41 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (41–134 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 29 units on file. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (64 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£544/sq ft) was about 114.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £240,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.