Boundary Cottage is a detached house in Brook, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 5LA). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £975,000 is 48.9% above the 2014 sale price. 12 years since the last transfer (September 2014). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. At 142 m² it's 17% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (171 m² median across 14 EPCs).
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Boundary 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 May 2024
Erection of an extension (as amplified by letter dated 15/02/06).
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Boundary Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£975,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 10 years.
£655,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 10 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Habitable Rooms for Boundary Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,613
Street avg £5,398
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 297 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 9 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
45.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Change of use of land to additional residential curtilage.
24 September 2014Most recent
£655,000
+98.5%over 9 years10 January 2005
£330,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 5LA: £830,000 (2022–2014).
1 Woodland Cottages Park Lane Brook Godalming
Sold Dec 2022
3 Woodland Cottages Park Lane Brook Godalming
Sold Mar 2021
2 Woodland Cottages Park Lane Brook Godalming
Sold May 2019
Yew Tree Cottage Park Lane Brook Godalming
Sold Apr 2016
4 Woodland Cottages Park Lane Brook Godalming
Sold Oct 2014

CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 12.2 t/year
GU8 5TS
Dog and Pheasant — bus stop.
Closest school
2.9 km
Witley CofE Controlled Infant School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB