Woodmead Cottage is a detached house in Godalming (GU8 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 222 m² (around 2390 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).
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Woodmead Cottage'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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Woodmead Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,633,000
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.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
CO₂ Emissions for Woodmead Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
222 m²
Street avg 261 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey extension and alterations to elevations following demolition of existing conservatory.
Erection of a double garage following demolition of existing garage.
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4AD: £2,900,000 (2022–2019).

Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
GU8 4LJ
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