8 Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NR

8 Dorking Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chilworth, Guildford, Guildford (GU4 8NR). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (119 m² across 18 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. Across 2001–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £534,000 sits 51.7% above the 2015 sale of £352,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£399/sq ft) was about 20% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in August 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.