Lime Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Loxhill, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in December 2010. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £903,000 sits 57% above the 2010 sale of £575,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£495/sq ft) was about 22.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 108 m² it sits well below the postcode median (196 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).
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Lime Tree Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Jun 2023
Lime Tree Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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£903,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 7 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 7 years.
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Habitable Rooms for Lime Tree Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,324
Street avg £11,687
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 255 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
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

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
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
21 December 2010Most recent
£575,000
+35.9%over 7 years14 August 2003
£423,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4BQ: £2,450,000 (2023–2013).
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Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 11.2 t/year
GU8 4RY
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB