Yew Trees, Shere Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HS
About Yew Trees
Yew Trees is a semi-detached house in Shere, Guildford, Guildford (GU5 9HS). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£641/sq ft) was about 48% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 113 m² it's 24.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (151 m² median across 12 EPCs). Last sale on file: £780,000 in July 2023.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
Planning history at Yew Trees is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at Yew Trees, Shere Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HS
- Dec 2015Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
T1 (Lawson Cypress) - reduce in height by 40% (Shere Conservation Area).
Conservation Area- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/T/00256
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksDec 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
£773,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£780,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 July 2023Most recent
£780,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU5 9HS: £950,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in GU5 9HS
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Sold Sept 2023
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Sold Aug 2023
£850,000Gallandes, Shere Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HS
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£950,0001 Percy Villas, Shere Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HS
Sold Apr 2022
£835,000Lavender House, Shere Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HS
Sold Oct 2021
£1,250,500
Versus other Shere Lane homes
Yew Trees is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£6,903
Street avg £5,926
Floor Area
113 m²
Street avg 159 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Village Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Shere CofE Aided Infant School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB







