1 Elm Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chiddingfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4UL). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £620,000 is 17.9% above the 2020 sale price. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Sold December 2020 for £526,000.
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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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Jan 2024
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£620,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 7 years.
£526,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 7 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Erection of extension to roof to create additional habitable accommodation.
Amendment to wa/2011/0465 to widen rear dormer window.
21 December 2020Most recent
£526,000
+62.8%over 6 years29 April 2014
£323,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in GU8 4UL: £306,500 (2016–1997).

GU8 4HJ
Winterton Arms — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Mary's Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB