3 Poplar Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Chiddingfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4YA). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £703,000 is 35.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£474/sq ft) was about 15.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 102 m² it sits well below the postcode median (231 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 11 years since the last transfer (July 2015).
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3 Poplar Cottages'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Mar 2025
3 Poplar Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
13applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£703,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 19 years.
£520,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 19 years.
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What we flagged
3 Poplar Cottages is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£5,098
Street avg £4,740
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 337 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
1.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
3 July 2015Most recent
£520,000
+227.0%over 18 years9 August 1996
£159,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4YA: £1,500,000 (2018–2006).
Mesylls High Street Green Chiddingfold Godalming
Sold Aug 2018
Dunsfold Ryse Lodge High Street Green Chiddingfold Godalming
Sold Jun 2014
Dunsfold Ryse Flat High Street Green Chiddingfold Godalming
Sold Apr 2011
Deerfold High Street Green Chiddingfold Godalming
Sold Nov 2006
Dunsfold Ryse High Street Green Chiddingfold Godalming
Sold Jul 2006

Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 12.3 t/year
GU8 4RY
Plaistow Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
St Mary's Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB