Chenton Cottage is a semi-detached house in Enton, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 5AH). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1465 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since April 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £917,000 is 31% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£478/sq ft) was about 37.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Chenton 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Sept 2020
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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Price for Chenton Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£917,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.7% per year over 15 years.
£700,000
Growth on file: 12.7% per year over 15 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Chenton Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,144
Street avg £3,749
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 259 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single storey extension and alterations.
Erection of extensions and alterations; erection of a detached car port/garden store following demolition of existing garage (as amended by letter dated 18/07/00 and plans received 21/07/00).
8 April 2011Most recent
£700,000
+498.3%over 14 years9 May 1996
£117,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 5AH: £735,000 (2014–2007).

CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 14.1 t/year
GU8 5TS
War Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Witley CofE Controlled Infant School. 4 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB