4 Old Cottages, Old Portsmouth Road, Peasmarsh, Guildford, GU3 1LY
About 4 Old Cottages
4 Old Cottages is a semi-detached house in Peasmarsh, Guildford, Guildford (GU3 1LY). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 757 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 70 m² it's 15.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 2010–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £561,000 is 27.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£581/sq ft) was about 36% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 years since the last transfer (June 2018).
Energy performance
4 Old Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 May 2019
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 31 May 2019
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at 4 Old Cottages.
4 applications on record at 4 Old Cottages, Old Portsmouth Road, Peasmarsh, Guildford, GU3 1LY
- Jan 2010FullOutcome in report
Creation of a vehicular crossover with dropped kerb and hard standing.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/P/01812
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJun 2021Decision
- PorchJun 2021Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
4 Old Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£561,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 8 years.
£440,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2018Most recent
£440,000
+47.2%over 8 years19 February 2010
£299,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in GU3 1LY: £355,975 (2024–2009).
Versus other Old Portsmouth Road homes
On epc rating, 4 Old Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 69 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 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
51/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Broadwater School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB







