Yew Tree Cottage, Blackheath Lane, Blackheath, Guildford, GU4 8QU

Yew Tree Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Blackheath, Guildford, Guildford (GU4 8QU). It has a recorded floor area of 205 m² (around 2204 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 205 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,262,000 is 44.2% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£397/sq ft) was about 17.5% below the postcode norm. Last sold in October 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.