High Leybourne Lodge is a four-bedroom detached house in Godalming (GU8 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.
Held since August 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 192 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (241 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £1,533,000 sits 76.2% above the 2006 sale of £870,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£421/sq ft) was about 30.7% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010.
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High Leybourne Lodge sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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£1,533,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£870,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
High Leybourne Lodge is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£4,531
Street avg £7,885
Floor Area
192 m²
Street avg 264 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
0.3 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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
17 August 2006Most recent
£870,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4AD: £2,900,000 (2022–2019).

CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
GU8 4QR
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