Malthouse Cottage is a detached house in Hambledon, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4HH). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (131 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £1,210,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Malthouse Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Malthouse Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,213,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 14 years.
£1,210,000
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 14 years.
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Malthouse Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
33 (F)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 170 m²
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 6.5 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
43.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Application for listed building consent for the erection of an extension and alterations (revision of wa/2005/0219).
Erection of an extension and alterations (revision of wa/2005/0218).
7 January 2022Most recent
£1,210,000
+35.2%over 4 years13 October 2017
£895,000
+3.5%over 10 years30 August 2007
£865,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in GU8 4HH: £932,625 (2016–1997).

Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
GU8 4LJ
Malthouse Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Witley CofE Controlled Infant School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB