Garden Cottage is a detached house in Godalming (GU8 4AE). It has a recorded floor area of 236 m² (around 2540 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £2,488,000 is 10.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£886/sq ft) was about 96.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 236 m² it's 28.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (184 m² median across 12 EPCs). Last sale on file: £2,250,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Garden Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A a basement excavation application was refused at Garden Cottage in 2024.
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Garden Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2011.
£2,488,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 11 years.
£2,250,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 11 years.
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Years Held for Garden Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£9,534
Street avg £20,518
Floor Area
236 m²
Street avg 329 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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

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
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Certificate of lawfulness under section 191 to confirm that planning permission wa/2014/0304 (erection of a detached double garage/workshop/log store following demolition of an existing lean to outbuilding) remains extant through implementation.
Application under section 73 to vary condition 1 of wa/2024/01074 (approved plans) to allow alterations to design.
21 October 2022Most recent
£2,250,000
+89.5%over 5 years18 September 2017
£1,187,500
+15.9%over 6 years15 July 2011
£1,025,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4AE: £1,500,000 (2022–2018).
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CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 15.2 t/year
GU8 4LJ
The Street — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Busbridge Infant School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB