Old Woodlands Cottage is a detached house in Brook, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 5LA). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since June 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,056,000 sits 66.3% above the 2006 sale of £635,000. 9 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 124 m² it's 27.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (171 m² median across 14 EPCs).
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Old Woodlands Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Old Woodlands Cottage.
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Old Woodlands Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,056,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.7% per year over 3 years.
£635,000
Growth on file: 12.7% per year over 3 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
On years held, Old Woodlands Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,121
Street avg £5,325
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 298 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
Erection of extensions.
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of single storey side extension.
14 June 2006Most recent
£635,000
+35.1%over 2 years8 December 2003
£470,000
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

Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 12.3 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