Laurel Cottage is a detached house in Dunsfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since March 2015. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Mar 2025
Laurel Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
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Laurel Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,058,000
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.
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What we flagged
EPC Rating for Laurel Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
76 (C)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
157 m²
Street avg 131 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.1 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
44.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Erection of conservatory to south side of existing house (revision of wa/2014/0393).
Erection of a conservatory.
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4LJ: £765,000 (2023–2019).
Newell Cottage The Common Dunsfold Godalming
Sold Oct 2023
2 The Mews The Common Dunsfold Godalming
Sold Aug 2021
The Bricklayers House The Common Dunsfold Godalming
Sold Feb 2021
Pink House The Common Dunsfold Godalming
Sold Sept 2019
1 The Mews The Common Dunsfold Godalming
Sold Aug 2017

Street avg 7.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
GU8 4NB
Binhams Meadow — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB