Barnfield Cottage is a detached house in Dunsfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4NP). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (215 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2005.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Erection of an extension.
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Barnfield Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£420,000
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
Floor Area for Barnfield Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 45 (E)
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 291 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 15.8 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Hot water efficiency decreased
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4NP: £1,215,000 (2022–1998).

Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
GU8 4UP
Alfold Road — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB