Elm Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Elstead, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 6HA). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£786/sq ft) was about 121.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 68 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £575,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Elm Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
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Price for Elm Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£591,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 25 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 25 years.
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On price per m², Elm Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£8,456
Street avg £4,549
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 159 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
44.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate of lawfulness under section 192 for erection of a single storey rear extension (as amended by plans received 27/02/2019).
30 September 2021Most recent
£575,000
+28.5%over 2 years12 November 2018
£447,500
+33.6%over 1 year26 September 2017
£335,000
+378.6%over 21 years13 August 1996
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 6HA: £585,000 (2024–2017).
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Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
GU8 6NQ
Elstead Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St James CofE Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB