Wild Acre is a detached house in Godalming (GU8 4AG). It has a recorded floor area of 211 m² (around 2271 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£760/sq ft) was about 61.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 211 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: August 2023 at £1,725,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
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Wild Acre's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate of lawfulness under section 191 for the erection of an outbuilding and its continued incidental use (as amplified by email dated 19.05.2022)
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Latest sale on Wild Acre was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,763,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 24 years.
£1,725,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 24 years.
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Years Held for Wild Acre lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,175
Street avg £8,063
Floor Area
211 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single storey link extension together with alterations to elevations (as amended by letter dated 01/02/01).
18 August 2023Most recent
£1,725,000
+66.5%over 14 years22 July 2009
£1,036,000
-9.9%over 3 years3 July 2006
£1,150,000
+153.3%over 7 years1 July 1999
£454,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4AG: £722,500 (2023–2018).
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Sold Apr 2022
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Sold Jan 2020
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Sold Nov 2018
Hazeldene Cottage South Munstead Lane Godalming
Sold Oct 2018

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
GU8 4LJ
Winkworth Arboretum — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Busbridge Infant School. 4 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB