Monks Ridge, Burrows Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QE

Monks Ridge is a five-bedroom detached house in Gomshall, Guildford, Guildford (GU5 9QE). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1403 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 47). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 130 m² it's 28.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (182 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,032,000 sits 238.4% above the 1996 sale of £305,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£217/sq ft) was about 48% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.