2 Ancient Light Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chiddingfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4ST). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £428,000 is 11.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£559/sq ft) was about 81.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (179 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £385,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Jul 2023
Alterations to roof to provide additional habitable accommodation with rooflights (as amplified by email received 26/04/2022)
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2 Ancient Light Cottages has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£428,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 20 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 20 years.
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On epc rating, 2 Ancient Light Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,016
Street avg £4,526
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 256 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single storey extensions and alterations.
21 June 2021Most recent
£385,000
+26.2%over 5 years26 February 2016
£305,000
+35.6%over 8 years21 January 2008
£225,000
+64.2%over 6 years1 June 2001
£137,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4ST: £575,000 (2022–2006).
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Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 10.6 t/year
GU8 4UP
Rodgate Lane — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB