Down House, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
About Down House
Down House is a semi-detached house in Guildford (GU2 4HD). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft) and council tax band H. The latest certificate (September 2019) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating.
Held since December 1998 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £1,318,000 sits 266.1% above the 1998 sale of £360,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 62.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2010. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs).
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Planning history
1 application on record at Down House, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
- Mar 2010Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
Conversion of existing roof space to provide habitable accommodation incorporating rooflights to north, west and east elevations (as amended by plans received on 23/02/10).
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 10/P/00067
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Sales history & valuation
Down House's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£1,318,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£360,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 December 1998Most recent
£360,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU2 4HD: £850,000 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in GU2 4HD
Chestnut House, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Sold Jan 2022
£1,265,000Corner Cottage, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Sold Mar 2021
£850,000Mulberry House, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Sold May 2020
£1,030,0001 Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Sold Nov 2016
£640,000Friars Cottage, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Sold Jan 2015
£640,000
Versus other Chestnut Avenue homes
Down House outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,069
Street avg £4,882
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 181 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 7.1 t/year
Years Held
27 years
Street avg 13 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Chestnut Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB