1 Parklands Farm Cottages, Parklands, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JQ
About 1 Parklands Farm Cottages
1 Parklands Farm Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Shere, Guildford, Guildford (GU5 9JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sold December 2019 for £420,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £553,000 is 31.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£411/sq ft) was about 26.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Feb 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side and rear extension at 1 Parklands Farm Cottages.
3 applications on record at 1 Parklands Farm Cottages, Parklands, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JQ
- Dec 2012ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Two storey front and rear extensions.
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/P/01822
- More recent applications — locked
- PorchOct 2013Decision
- PorchAug 2013Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
£553,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 21 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
18 December 2019Most recent
£420,000
-10.2%over 3 years9 March 2016
£467,500
+43.8%over 3 years16 October 2012
£325,000
+103.1%over 13 years18 December 1998
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU5 9JQ: £860,000 (2022–2010).
Nearby sales in GU5 9JQ
Hollytree Cottage, Parklands, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JQ
Sold Aug 2022
£860,0003 Parklands Farm Cottages, Parklands, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JQ
Sold Jul 2018
£457,000Deer Run, Parklands, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JQ
Sold Jul 2016
£1,150,000Parklands House, Parklands, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JQ
Sold Nov 2010
£1,500,000Heath Cottage, Parklands, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JQ
Sold Nov 2010
£790,000
Versus other Parklands homes
1 Parklands Farm Cottages is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£4,421
Street avg £4,460
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 171 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 12.0 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
Talgai — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Shere CofE Aided Infant School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB







