The Gardens, Hogs Back, Guildford, GU3 1DE
About The Gardens
The Gardens is a detached house in Guildford (GU3 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a G (score 11), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since May 2018. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 48), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.
At 115 m² it sits well below the postcode median (232 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £866,000 is 32.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£529/sq ft) was about 221.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £655,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
3 applications on record at The Gardens, Hogs Back, Guildford, GU3 1DE
- Mar 2015RenovationFullOutcome in report
Replacement vinery within the existing walled gardens and creation of 3 parking spaces.
- Documents
- 26 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/P/02331
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionJul 2022Decision
- ConditionsSept 2015Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£866,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£655,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 February 2021Most recent
£655,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in GU3 1DE: £400,000 (2003–1997).
Versus other Hogs Back homes
EPC Rating for The Gardens lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
11 (G)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 493 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 21.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 11 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Flexford House — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Onslow Infant School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB







