Rose Cottage, Jacobs Well Road, Jacob S Well, Guildford, GU4 7PD

Rose Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Guildford (GU4 7PD). It has a recorded floor area of 209 m² (around 2250 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since August 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 209 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 11 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. Sold January 2021 for £800,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 12 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £987,000 is 23.4% above the 2021 sale price.