1 Field Place Cottages is a semi-detached house in Dunsfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4LR). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2021); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 103), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (265 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Application for a certificate of lawfulness under section 192 for the proposal erection of a new dwelling house (in accordance with planning permission wa/1997/0939).(As amplified by letter dated 20/10/05 and fax dated 24/10/05 and 25/10/05)
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1 Field Place Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£573,000
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
1 Field Place Cottages is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
EPC Rating
59 (D)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 349 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 15.2 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
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Fuel source changed
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency improved
Median price across the last 2 sales in GU8 4LR: £730,000 (2010–1997).

Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 10 rooms
GU8 4TG
Dunsfold Green — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB