East Drydown, Hound House Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JG
About East Drydown
East Drydown is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Shere, Guildford, Guildford (GU5 9JG). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 152 m² it's 24.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,200,000 is 14.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£642/sq ft) was about 61.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £1,050,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
East Drydown sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 applications on record at East Drydown, Hound House Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JG
- Mar 2020ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Ground floor single storey extension and first floor extension over existing flat roof and changes to fenestration.
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/P/00102
- More recent applications — locked
- FullNov 2021Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,200,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,050,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 October 2022Most recent
£1,050,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU5 9JG: £1,200,000 (2015–2007).
Nearby sales in GU5 9JG
Tanglewood, Hound House Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JG
Sold Dec 2015
£1,230,000Little Gaynes, Hound House Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JG
Sold May 2014
£1,200,0003 Farmside Cottages, Hound House Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JG
Sold Jan 2013
£460,000Little Cotterell, Hound House Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JG
Sold Sept 2007
£640,000
Versus other Hound House Road homes
Price per m² for East Drydown runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,908
Street avg £4,835
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 154 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.1 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
0.9 km
Burrows Cross — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Shere CofE Aided Infant School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB







