1 May Cottage is a semi-detached house in Elstead, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 6HW). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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1 May Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Jul 2024
1 May Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£506,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 6 years.
£485,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 6 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
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
44.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
17 June 2021Most recent
£485,000
+32.5%over 6 years6 March 2015
£366,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in GU8 6HW: £277,500 (2014–2005).

GU8 6AJ
Hookley Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
St James CofE Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB