19 Stringers Avenue, Jacob S Well, Guildford, GU4 7NW

19 Stringers Avenue is a semi-detached house in Guildford (GU4 7NW). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 40). Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £331,000 sits 50.5% above the 2008 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 45% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.