Forge Cottage is a detached house in Dunsfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4LE). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £1,087,000 sits 61% above the 2013 sale of £675,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£418/sq ft) was about 23.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 13 years since the last transfer (February 2013). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.
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Erection of a garden room.
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Forge Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,087,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£675,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On habitable rooms, Forge Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,500
Street avg £4,634
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
22 February 2013Most recent
£675,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4LE: £795,000 (2025–2023).
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CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 9.5 t/year
GU8 4NB
Village Hall — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB