Brow Cottage, Stonards Brow, Shamley Green, Guildford, GU5 0UY

Brow Cottage is a detached house in Shamley Green, Guildford, Guildford (GU5 0UY). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2023) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in November 2023 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good.

It hasn't traded since November 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £601,000 sits 76.8% above the 2008 sale of £340,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£545/sq ft) was about 15.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.