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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 May 2025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
Planning history
Walden Cottage has been through 13 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Apr 2023Tree WorksHeritageIn report
T1. Norway maple (rear garden) - Reduce the height of the tree by up to 3m and reduce the laterals by up to 2m to shape and balance crown. Management of a once suppressed specimen. Approx 12m x 10m to 9m x8m
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00473/CAN
- Jan 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
T2. Lime x 2 & Beech (on boundary line adjacent to house) - Reduce lateral encroachment towards house by up to 3m to provide suitable clearance from property. Remove major deadwood over 25mm diameter. Lapsed pollard trees - reduce encroachment and overhang over/towards properties and manage overall canopy size. Approx 15m x 15m. T4 Norway Maple (rear garden) - Historically storm damaged - Fell to ground level Tree in irreversible decline ??? Fell before it???s unsafe to climb.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/02580/TPO
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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.
£1,885,000
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
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Sold Mar 2025
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Sold Nov 2024
£395,000Oaklands, Flat 3, 13 The Avenue, Tadworth, KT20 5AY
Sold Sept 2023
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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
1/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