Mansfield Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Godalming (GU8 4AA). It has a recorded floor area of 238 m² (around 2562 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £2,172,000 is 44.8% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£586/sq ft) was about 29% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: a garage conversion refused in 2000. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
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Mansfield Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Oct 2019
Use of first floor of garage for ancillary habitable purposes.
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Mansfield Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£2,172,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 13 years.
£1,500,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 13 years.
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Years Held for Mansfield Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,303
Street avg £6,062
Floor Area
238 m²
Street avg 304 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
31 March 2010Most recent
£1,500,000
+211.1%over 13 years28 February 1997
£482,231
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4AA: £1,490,000 (2024–2017).
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Sold Sept 2017

Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 13.6 t/year
GU8 4RD
Brighton Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Busbridge Infant School. 6 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB