Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 Parklands Farm Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Shere, Guildford, Guildford (GU5 9JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows a G (score 12), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Last changed hands 8 years ago, in July 2018. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £528,000 is 15.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£438/sq ft) was about 27.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
3 Parklands Farm Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 15 June 2027
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3 Parklands Farm Cottages has an approved front extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at 3 Parklands Farm Cottages, Parklands, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JQ
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
£528,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 20 years.
£457,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 20 years.
26 July 2018Most recent
£457,000
+20.3%over 10 years24 April 2008
£380,000
+26.7%over 2 years20 June 2005
£300,000
+54.6%over 4 years30 November 2000
£194,000
+15.5%over 2 years29 October 1998
£168,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU5 9JQ: £860,000 (2025–2016).
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Sold Dec 2019
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Sold Jul 2016
Heath Cottage, Parklands, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JQ
Sold Nov 2010
3 Parklands Farm Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,711
Street avg £5,139
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 171 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 11.2 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
37/mo
Falling 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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