Hydon Wood Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Hambledon, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4DP). It has a recorded floor area of 235 m² (around 2530 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £2,117,000 is 24.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£672/sq ft) was about 128.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £1,700,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Hydon Wood Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Erection of extension and alterations to elevations (as amplified by bat statement of 25/01/2021 and amended plans received 15/02/2021)
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£2,117,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,700,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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EPC Rating for Hydon Wood Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 31 (F)
Floor Area
235 m²
Street avg 340 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Certificate of lawfulness under section 192 for a detached timber summerhouse at rear of the cottage (as amplified by letter and plan received 16/03/11).
25 January 2022Most recent
£1,700,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4DP: £2,500,000 (2025–2001).
Hydon Ridge Feathercombe Lane Hambledon Godalming
Sold Jun 2025
Feathercombe West Wing Feathercombe Lane Hambledon Godalming
Sold Nov 2007
Hydon End Feathercombe Lane Hambledon Godalming
Sold Sept 2007
Feathercombe Lodge Cottage Feathercombe Lane Hambledon Godalming
Sold Nov 2005
Hydon Wood House Feathercombe Lane Hambledon Godalming
Sold Jul 2001

Street avg 17.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 10 rooms
GU8 4QR
Potters Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Witley CofE Controlled Infant School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB