Copse Cottage is a detached house in Elstead, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 6DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £779,000 is 41.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 18.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 122 m² it's 22.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £550,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2000.
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Copse Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Erection of an extension and conversion of existing offices into three independent residential units.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£779,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 7 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 7 years.
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Copse Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,508
Street avg £5,978
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
43.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Solar water heating installed
11 January 2022Most recent
£550,000
+35.8%over 7 years19 December 2014
£405,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 6DJ: £460,000 (2024–2015).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St James CofE Aided Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB