Elm Shadows, Forest Road, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BA

Elm Shadows is a four-bedroom detached house in East Horsley, Leatherhead, Leatherhead (KT24 5BA). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1645 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 41). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a self-contained annexe.

Held since July 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 153 m² it sits well below the postcode median (308 m² across 5 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. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, solar panel installation, a porch and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £984,000 is 45.8% above the 2009 sale price.