Hawthorn Cottage is a seven-bedroom detached house in Hambledon, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4HF). It has a recorded floor area of 320 m² (around 3444 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 320 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £2,936,000 is 22.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£697/sq ft) was about 45.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (August 2017). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.
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Hawthorn 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Sept 2024
Erection of extension (as amended by email dated 15/05/2008 and plans received 15/05/2008)
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Latest sale on Hawthorn Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£2,936,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£2,400,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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EPC Rating for Hawthorn Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,500
Street avg £5,231
Floor Area
320 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
7 August 2017Most recent
£2,400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4HF: £740,000 (2021–2007).
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Sold May 2014
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Sold Sept 2013
Rose Cottage The Cricket Green Hambledon Godalming
Sold May 2011
Lilac Cottage The Cricket Green Hambledon Godalming
Sold Jul 2003

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
GU8 4LJ
Malthouse Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
St Mary's Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB