Munstead Plat Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Godalming (GU8 4AR). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump.
At 137 m² it sits well below the postcode median (271 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £1,407,000 is 22.6% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£778/sq ft) was about 40.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,147,500 in November 2018. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.
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£1,407,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,147,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
On habitable rooms, Munstead Plat Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£8,376
Street avg £6,159
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 332 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
1.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Erection of a conservatory.
9 November 2018Most recent
£1,147,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4AR: £1,075,000 (2024–2021).
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Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 11.2 t/year
GU8 4NB
Brighton Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Busbridge CofE Aided Junior School. 9 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB