53a, Farnham Road, Guildford, GU2 4JN

53a is an end-of-terrace house in Guildford (GU2 4JN). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). At 75 m² this is the 52nd smallest of 62 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 16–246 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 62 units on file.

Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 is 62.7% below the 2022 sale of £750,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£929/sq ft) was about 212.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 75 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 61 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £750,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.