Thatched Cottage is a detached house in Dunsfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4NX). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in September 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £1,181,000 sits 341.8% above the 1997 sale of £267,300. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£154/sq ft) was about 71% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.
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Thatched Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Erection of an extension (as amplified by email dated 02/05/06 design statement recieved 11/05/06 and photographs received 12/05/06).
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Thatched Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£1,181,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£267,300
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On price per m², Thatched Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,660
Street avg £5,408
Floor Area
161 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
1.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
40.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
12 September 1997Most recent
£267,300
Median price across the last 3 sales in GU8 4NX: £835,000 (2021–1999).

CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
GU8 4LJ
Durfold Wood — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Plaistow and Kirdford Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.0dB