3 Upper Birtley is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Brook, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 5LB). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£453/sq ft) was about 40.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £785,000 in April 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: partial demolition approved in 2025. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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3 Upper Birtley's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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3 Upper Birtley has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.
£821,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 18 years.
£785,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 18 years.
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Price per m²
£4,876
Street avg £5,599
Floor Area
161 m²
Street avg 190 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Erection of an ancillary outbuilding following demolition of 5 various outbuildings including a garage and garden room.
4 April 2022Most recent
£785,000
+34.2%over 7 years22 August 2014
£585,000
+30.0%over 3 years24 September 2010
£450,000
-9.1%over 1 year20 November 2008
£495,000
+30.3%over 4 years11 June 2004
£380,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 5LB: £940,000 (2024–2020).
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Sold Jul 2022
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Sold Jul 2021
1 Upper Birtley Haslemere Road Brook Godalming
Sold Oct 2020

CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 10.5 t/year
GU8 5TY
Haslemere Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Grayswood Church of England (Aided) Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB