Chantries Retreat, Clifford Manor Road, Guildford, GU4 8AG

Chantries Retreat is a five-bedroom detached house in Guildford (GU4 8AG). It has a recorded floor area of 419 m² (around 4510 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2014) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

At 419 m² the property is well over the postcode median (273 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. Across 2011–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 25.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,677,000 sits 57.5% above the 2014 sale of £1,700,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£377/sq ft) was about 20.1% below the postcode norm. 12 planning records sit against the property, 11 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in December 2014.