Peony Cottage is a detached house in Hambledon, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4HN). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.4% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. It changed hands recently, sold October 2025 for £900,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Peony Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Peony Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
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Peony Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2005.
£901,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 21 years.
£900,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 21 years.
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What we flagged
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
42.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Erection of a single storey extension.
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Erection of two-storey side extension.
31 October 2025Most recent
£900,000
+44.0%over 10 years19 June 2015
£625,000
+6.8%over 11 months28 July 2014
£585,000
+56.0%over 9 years18 April 2005
£375,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4HN: £530,000 (2008–2004).

GU8 4RY
Hambledon Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Witley CofE Controlled Infant School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB