Shrubbery Cottage, Triggs Lane, Woking, GU22 0EL

Shrubbery Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Woking (GU22 0EL). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2020 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings.

Sale prices here have outpaced Woking HPI: 3.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£581/sq ft) was about 32.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 4 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An application is currently awaiting a decision. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £625,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.