Oliver Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Hambledon, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4HF). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £837,000 is 13.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£764/sq ft) was about 59.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £740,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Oliver Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£837,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£740,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
Oliver Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,222
Street avg £5,087
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 143 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
0.4 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
Erection of extensions following demolition of existing detached store (as amended by plan uploaded 16/12/2022)
29 September 2021Most recent
£740,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4HF: £1,425,000 (2017–2007).
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Sold Aug 2017
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Sold May 2014
Witts End The Cricket Green Hambledon Godalming
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 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
GU8 4NB
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