8 Elm Close, Woking, GU21 4TG

8 Elm Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Woking (GU21 4TG). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 620 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 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 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £433,000 sits 55.8% above the 2009 sale of £278,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£449/sq ft) was about 22% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.