Appletree Cottage is a semi-detached house in Chiddingfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4SP). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £593,000 is 18.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£573/sq ft) was about 93.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Appletree 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Feb 2024
Amendment to wa/2022/01105 for changes to window openings to side and rear elevations. Following progression of glazing order kitchen and joinery layouts and future plans for use of garden.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£593,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 15 years.
£500,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 15 years.
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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
0.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Erection of extensions alterations to elevations and and alterations to on-site parking arrangement with associated works (as amplified by phase 2 bat survey received 12/05/202 as amended by plans received 19/07/2022 and further amended by plans received on the 04/08/2022 description amended as per email received 19/07/2022)
27 September 2021Most recent
£500,000
+34.8%over 7 years28 July 2014
£371,000
+23.7%over 7 years19 March 2007
£299,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4SP: £337,500 (2021–2002).

GU8 4TG
Petworth Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.9 km
St Mary's Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB