Elm Cottage is a detached house in Hascombe, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4JN). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Today's modelled estimate of £1,413,000 is 47.2% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£474/sq ft) was about 57.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in November 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
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Elm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Aug 2023
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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Elm Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,413,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£960,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Certificate of lawfulness under section 192 for the erection of single storey outbuilding.
Erection of extensions and alterations following demolition of existing garage.
1 November 2013Most recent
£960,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4JN: £770,000 (2016–2003).

GU8 4LJ
The Street — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB