Beacon Cottage, Beacon View Road, Elstead, Godalming, GU8 6DT
3 sales on record
About Beacon Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Beacon Cottage is a detached house in Elstead, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 6DT). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£581/sq ft) was about 80.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold February 2025 for £925,000. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2025.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Beacon Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D59
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Beacon Cottage, Beacon View Road, Elstead, Godalming, GU8 6DT, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A partial demolition application was refused at Beacon Cottage in 2025.
- Oct 2025DemolitionFullIn report
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Beacon Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£973,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 29 years.
Last sold (2025)
£925,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 29 years.
Sales timeline
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Versus other Beacon View Road homes
Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for Beacon Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,250
Street avg £3,750
Floor Area
148 m²
Street avg 137 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Godalming district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around GU8 6DT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 13 points of interest in total.
Common questions
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