5 Beech Lane, Guildford, GU2 4ES

5 Beech Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Guildford (GU2 4ES). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1174 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 109 m² it sits well below the postcode median (158 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,046,000 is 31.2% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£679/sq ft) was about 30.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.