26 Silver Birches Way is a three-bedroom detached house in Elstead, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 6JA). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.
At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (150 m² across 20 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 £686,000 is 32.6% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£486/sq ft) was about 46.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in December 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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26 Silver Birches Way sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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26 Silver Birches Way valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£686,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£517,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On epc rating, 26 Silver Birches Way runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,227
Street avg £4,458
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 144 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
44.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Erection of extensions and alterations.
8 December 2017Most recent
£517,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 6JA: £780,000 (2025–2022).
3 Silver Birches Way Elstead Godalming
Sold Sept 2025
28 Silver Birches Way Elstead Godalming
Sold Sept 2025
21 Silver Birches Way Elstead Godalming
Sold Dec 2023
5 Silver Birches Way Elstead Godalming
Sold Aug 2023
19 Silver Birches Way Elstead Godalming
Sold Aug 2019

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
GU8 6DY
Milford Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
St James CofE Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB