Down Cottage, Water Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9BD

Down Cottage is a semi-detached house in Albury, Guildford, Guildford (GU5 9BD). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.

At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,004,000 sits 84.2% above the 2015 sale of £545,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£307/sq ft) was about 63.8% 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. On the market in September 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.