Lower Burgate is a detached house in Loxhill, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4BD). It has a recorded floor area of 310 m² (around 3337 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £2,569,000 is 28.4% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£599/sq ft) was about 38.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 310 m² the property is well over the postcode median (174 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £2,000,000 in August 2020.
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Lower Burgate'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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Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
£2,569,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 20 years.
£2,000,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 20 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
EPC Rating for Lower Burgate lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,452
Street avg £6,041
Floor Area
310 m²
Street avg 271 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 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
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
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey extension following demolition of existing bay window.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey extension to link dwelling to existing ancillary outbuilding (as amplified by letter dated 25/06/01).
4 August 2020Most recent
£2,000,000
+150.0%over 19 years15 December 2000
£800,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4BD: £1,900,000 (2025–2020).
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CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 14.0 t/year
GU8 4LJ
Fountain — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB