2 Blanchards Hill Cottages, Blanchards Hill, Jacob S Well, Guildford, GU4 7QR

2 Blanchards Hill Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU4 7QR). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.

Held since June 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £688,000 sits 175.2% above the 2003 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 49.2% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).