Silent Pool Cottage, Shere Road, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9BW

Silent Pool Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Albury, Guildford, Guildford (GU5 9BW). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings.

Held since June 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £917,000 sits 113.3% above the 2003 sale of £430,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.