5 Downside Road, Guildford, GU4 8PH

5 Downside Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Guildford (GU4 8PH). It has a recorded floor area of 320 m² (around 3444 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (March 2022) returns a high B (score 90), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2018 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a balcony and attached land beyond the plot.

At 320 m² it's 23.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (259 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £2,051,000 sits 64.1% above the 2018 sale of £1,250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 35.1% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold November 2018 for £1,250,000.