Walden Cottage, The Avenue, Tadworth, KT20 5AY
About Walden Cottage
Walden Cottage is a detached house in Tadworth (KT20 5AY). It has a recorded floor area of 457 m² (around 4919 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 457 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 18 planning records sit against the property, 13 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
Walden Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 May 2025
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 19 May 2025
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919, is a large detached home over 300m², and has been extended more than once, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Walden Cottage has been through 13 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
18 applications on record at Walden Cottage, The Avenue, Tadworth, KT20 5AY
- Aug 2011FullOutcome in report
Demolition of 21 The Avenue and garage/outbuildings of 17/19 The Avenue and erection of 5 dwellings (2 x 4 bed & 3 x 5 bed) with associated access, parking and landscaping works (including works to TPO trees).
- Documents
- 56 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/00918/F
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksApr 2023Decision
- Tree WorksJan 2023Decision
+ 15 more applications in the report
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- Every decision — granted, refused or withdrawn (18 on record)
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Sales history & valuation
Walden Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,705,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in KT20 5AY: £465,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in KT20 5AY
Oaklands, Flat 7, 13 The Avenue, Tadworth, KT20 5AY
Sold Mar 2025
£552,500Oaklands, Flat 1, 13 The Avenue, Tadworth, KT20 5AY
Sold Nov 2024
£395,000Oaklands, Flat 3, 13 The Avenue, Tadworth, KT20 5AY
Sold Sept 2023
£465,00021 The Avenue, Tadworth, KT20 5AY
Sold Mar 2019
£1,500,000Oaklands, Flat 6, 13 The Avenue, Tadworth, KT20 5AY
Sold Sept 2016
£470,000
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
96/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Tadworth - The Avenue — bus station.
Closest school
0.8 km
Walton-on-the-Hill Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB