Fox Cottage is a detached house in Godalming (GU8 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 91 m² it sits well below the postcode median (241 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
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Fox Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 May 2025
Fox Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
13applications of note in the surrounding area
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Fox Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£603,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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On epc rating, Fox Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
22 (F)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 274 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4AD: £2,900,000 (2022–2019).

Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
GU8 4RB
Winkworth Arboretum — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Busbridge Infant School. 4 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB