Covey Cottage, Merrow Street, Guildford, GU4 7AN
About Covey Cottage
Covey Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Guildford (GU4 7AN). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2017) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average.
At 214 m² the property is well over the postcode median (138 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £1,169,000 is 32.8% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 21.3% below the postcode norm. On the market in October 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
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Energy performance
Covey Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
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Planning history
1 application on record at Covey Cottage, Merrow Street, Guildford, GU4 7AN
- Dec 2022FullOutcome in report
Replacing former brick built shed, brick built half height coal store, and plastic roofed lean to, with wooden pitched roof garage.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/P/02041
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Sales history & valuation
Covey Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,169,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£880,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 October 2017Most recent
£880,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU4 7AN: £750,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in GU4 7AN
Alder House, Merrow Street, Guildford, GU4 7AN
Sold Dec 2022
£660,000Merrow House Cottage, Merrow Street, Guildford, GU4 7AN
Sold Aug 2022
£1,132,868Michaelmas Cottage, Merrow Street, Guildford, GU4 7AN
Sold Jun 2021
£987,5001 Appletree Cottage, Merrow Street, Guildford, GU4 7AN
Sold Mar 2021
£595,023Pippins, Merrow Street, Guildford, GU4 7AN
Sold Aug 2018
£750,000
Versus other Merrow Street homes
Price per m² for Covey Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,112
Street avg £6,022
Floor Area
214 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Merrow Junior School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB