Chestnut Cottage is a detached house in Hydestile, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4DH). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1641 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 152 m² it sits well below the postcode median (239 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
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Chestnut Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 May 2021
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
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Chestnut Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£994,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Chestnut Cottage is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
EPC Rating
63 (D)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 241 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 10.4 t/year
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Erection of garden outbuilding.
Construction of dormer window to existing roof (revision of wa/2014/2372).
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4DH: £680,000 (2024–2011).
Birchwood Salt Lane Hydestile Godalming
Sold Sept 2024
The Corner House Salt Lane Hydestile Godalming
Sold Nov 2018
Warrens Salt Lane Hydestile Godalming
Sold Nov 2018
Busbridge Copse Farm Salt Lane Hydestile Godalming
Sold Apr 2016
Wood Cottage Salt Lane Hydestile Godalming
Sold Aug 2011

Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
GU8 4NB
Salt Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Busbridge Infant School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB