1 Spring Cottage is a detached house in Elstead, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 6DT). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump.
At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (148 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £681,000 is 39.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£515/sq ft) was about 66.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (December 2016). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
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1 Spring Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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1 Spring Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£681,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£488,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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On epc rating, 1 Spring Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,545
Street avg £3,804
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 141 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Erection of extension and alterations following demolition of existing garage outbuildings and porch structures; alterations to widen vehicular access (as amended by plans received 24/05/2018) .
Erection of extension and alterations following demolition of existing garage outbuildings and porch structures; alterations to widen vehicular access.
1 December 2016Most recent
£488,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 6DT: £830,000 (2025–2019).
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Sold Feb 2025
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Sold Aug 2023
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Sold Mar 2023
Mayflower Beacon View Road Elstead Godalming
Sold Oct 2022
St Judes Beacon View Road Elstead Godalming
Sold Jan 2019

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
GU8 6DL
Beacon View Road — 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
35.7dB