4 New Cottages, Vapery Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0QE

4 New Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Pirbright, Woking, Woking (GU24 0QE). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

One planning application is currently pending a decision in 2026. At 77 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £581,000 is 10.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£636/sq ft) was about 70% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £527,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.