Elmlea Cottage is a semi-detached house in Dunsfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4LY). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1375 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2011) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £715,000 is 36.2% above the 2011 sale price. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sold in December 2011, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.
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Elmlea 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Oct 2021
Elmlea Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
13applications of note in the surrounding area
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Elmlea Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£715,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 5 years.
£525,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 5 years.
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CO₂ Emissions for Elmlea Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,111
Street avg £5,443
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 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
43.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
16 December 2011Most recent
£525,000
+22.7%over 4 years25 May 2007
£428,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4LY: £550,000 (2025–2022).
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CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
GU8 4HJ
Dunsfold Green — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB