1 Linden Cottage, The Street, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EB

1 Linden Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Compton, Guildford, Guildford (GU3 1EB). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2012. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings.

At 89 m² it's 16% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £550,000 in August 2018. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £643,000 is 16.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£574/sq ft) was about 110.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.