Finches Acre is a detached house in Elstead, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 6DG). It has a recorded floor area of 245 m² (around 2637 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).
At 245 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,435,000 sits 51.1% above the 2017 sale of £950,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£360/sq ft) was about 105.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (July 2017). 6 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.
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Finches Acre'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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Latest sale on Finches Acre was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£950,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Floor Area for Finches Acre runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,878
Street avg £3,499
Floor Area
245 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Erection of a car port and store.
Certificate of lawfulness under section 192 for the erection of an extension.
26 July 2017Most recent
£950,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 6DG: £435,000 (2025–2017).
Finches West Thursley Road Elstead Godalming
Sold Oct 2025
Bayleaves Thursley Road Elstead Godalming
Sold Mar 2025
Venthams Thursley Road Elstead Godalming
Sold Aug 2023
Finches East Thursley Road Elstead Godalming
Sold Dec 2017
2 Glebe Cottage Thursley Road Elstead Godalming
Sold Nov 2017

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
GU8 6QF
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St James CofE Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB