Place Cottage, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RD

Place Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Worplesdon, Guildford, Guildford (GU3 3RD). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works, an extension, partial demolition and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An application is currently awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 116 m² it sits well below the postcode median (236 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£585/sq ft) was about 80.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £730,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.