Autumn Cottage, Pennymead Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AH

Autumn Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in East Horsley, Leatherhead, Leatherhead (KT24 5AH). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1429 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2005 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,100,000 sits 54.9% above the 2005 sale of £710,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£497/sq ft) was about 38.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 133 m² it sits well below the postcode median (221 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.