Handon Cottage is a detached house in Loxhill, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4BD). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 166 m² it's 22.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (213 m² median across 9 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,016,000 is 36.4% above the 2020 sale price. Last sale on file: £745,000 in May 2020.
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Handon Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A recent planning application at Handon Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,016,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£745,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Price per m² for Handon Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,488
Street avg £6,369
Floor Area
166 m²
Street avg 287 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
1.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Erection of extensions and alterations including dormer windows (revision of wa/2021/01577).
Erection of extensions and alterations to elevations and roofline to include dormers.
29 May 2020Most recent
£745,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4BD: £2,000,000 (2025–2020).
Mare Pond Copse Markwick Lane Loxhill Godalming
Sold Jul 2025
Mare Pond Farm Markwick Lane Loxhill Godalming
Sold Dec 2022
Burgate Lodge Markwick Lane Loxhill Godalming
Sold Sept 2020
Lower Burgate Markwick Lane Loxhill Godalming
Sold Aug 2020
Spring Copse Markwick Lane Loxhill Godalming
Sold Apr 2020

Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 14.9 t/year
GU8 4NB
Fountain — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB