Drive Cottage is a detached house in Dunsfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4PB). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 94 m² it's 20.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (118 m² median across 16 EPCs).
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Drive Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Drive Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
13applications of note in the surrounding area
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Drive Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£724,000
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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Drive Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
23 (F)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 210 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 8.6 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
1.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4PB: £895,000 (2025–2020).
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Sold Jan 2022
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Sold Nov 2020
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Sold Aug 2020

Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
GU8 4QR
Plaistow Road — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB