Stone Cottage is a semi-detached house in Hambledon, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in March 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 11.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £782,000 is 42.2% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£511/sq ft) was about 84.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 100 m² it sits well below the postcode median (198 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
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Stone 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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Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
£782,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.5% per year over 9 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 11.5% per year over 9 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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On habitable rooms, Stone Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,500
Street avg £4,140
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 205 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 8 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Erection of first floor extension.
Erection of extensions (revision of wa/2006/2831).
7 March 2008Most recent
£550,000
+175.0%over 9 years30 November 1998
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4HJ: £695,000 (2025–2012).
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Sold May 2025
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Sold May 2023
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Sold Jan 2021
Farm Cottage Malthouse Lane Hambledon Godalming
Sold Sept 2014
2 Bryony Cottages Malthouse Lane Hambledon Godalming
Sold Mar 2008

CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 10.5 t/year
GU8 4QR
Malthouse Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Witley CofE Controlled Infant School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB