4 Gosden Cottages, Gosden Common, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0AQ

4 Gosden Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bramley, Guildford, Guildford (GU5 0AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.

Held since April 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £381,000 sits 217.5% above the 1999 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 53% below the postcode norm. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.