Northanger is a detached house in Godalming (GU8 4AA). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2020 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £698,000 is 43% below the 2021 sale of £1,225,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£711/sq ft) was about 62.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 160 m² it sits well below the postcode median (258 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £1,225,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Northanger's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£698,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,225,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
Northanger is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£7,656
Street avg £5,912
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 310 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 8 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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
Construction of a swimming pool with associated hard landscaping.
Certificate of lawfulness under section 192 for the erection of a pool house with associated hard landscaping.
28 June 2021Most recent
£1,225,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4AA: £1,550,000 (2024–2017).
Woodland Acre Hascombe Road Godalming
Sold Nov 2024
Yew House Hascombe Road Godalming
Sold Sept 2024
Northanger Lodge Hascombe Road Godalming
Sold Jul 2018
Badgers Wood Hascombe Road Godalming
Sold Sept 2017
Munstead Manor Hascombe Road Godalming
Sold Jun 2017

CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 13.7 t/year
GU8 4HJ
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