Malthouse Farm Cottage is a detached house in Hambledon, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4HH). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 4-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
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Malthouse Farm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Malthouse Farm Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
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Malthouse Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£813,000
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
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 184 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 8.5 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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Cavity wall insulation installed
Roof insulation improved
Erection of extensions and alterations to existing cottage (as amended by plans received 15/02/11).
Listed building consent for the erection of extensions and alterations (as amended by plans received 15/02/11).
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4HH: £895,000 (2022–1997).

Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
GU8 4RD
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