Friars Cottage, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD

Friars Cottage is a semi-detached house in Guildford (GU2 4HD). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 112 m² it sits well below the postcode median (174 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). On the market in January 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Today's modelled estimate of £916,000 is 43.1% above the 2015 sale price.