Flat 3, 1 Orchard Road, Onslow Village, Guildford, GU2 7QY

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Onslow Village, Guildford, Guildford (GU2 7QY). 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 (41–140 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good.

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (140 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£589/sq ft) was about 108.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £260,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.