The Old Post Cottage, Church Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5NA

The Old Post Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Effingham, Leatherhead, Leatherhead (KT24 5NA). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a G (score 3), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2023); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for new windows is awaiting a decision. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £1,179,000 is 12.3% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,075/sq ft) was about 566.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2023 for £1,050,000.