Primrose Cottage is a detached house in Brook, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 5LA). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).
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Primrose Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Primrose Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
7applications of note in the surrounding area
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Primrose Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,107,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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What we flagged
Primrose Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
27 (F)
Street avg 55 (E)
Floor Area
176 m²
Street avg 294 m²
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 11.7 t/year
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
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

Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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