Saw Mill Cottage is a detached house in Hydestile, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4DH). It has a recorded floor area of 276 m² (around 2971 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2025 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2025) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 100).
At 276 m² it's 20.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (230 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 10 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Saw Mill Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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Saw Mill Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,706,000
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
On epc rating, Saw Mill Cottage stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
87 (B)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
276 m²
Street avg 221 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 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 free standing greenhouse.
Application under section 73 to vary condition 1 of wa/2020/0104 (approved plan numbers) to allow changes to roof form and fenestration.
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

Street avg 10.7 t/year
GU8 4LJ
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