CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION - ASHFORD, KENT - BATH, SOMERSET - BECKENHAM, KENT - BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE - BILLERICAY, ESSEX - BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM - BOURNEMOUTH, SUSSEX - BRENTWOOD, ESSEX - BRIGHTON, SUSSEX - CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - CANTERBURY, KENT - CARDIFF, WALES - CHELMSFORD, ESSEX - CLEETHORPES, LINCOLNSHIRE - COLCHESTER, ESSEX - EPPING, ESSEX - GRANTHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE - GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK - GUILDFORD, SURREY - IPSWICH, SUFFOLK - KETTERING, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK - LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE, LANCASHIRE - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE - MILTON KEYNES, BEDFORDSHIRE - NORWICH, NORFOLK - OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE - PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - READING, BERKSHIRE - ROMFORD, ESSEX - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX - ST ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE - STANSTED, ESSEX - SWINDON, BERKSHIRE - WELWYN GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE - WISBECH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
| Area: | GUILDFORD, SURREY | |||||||
| Category: | C | |||||||
| Investor Profile | Pension, Retirement, University and Cash&Equity | |||||||
| Population aged 15+: | 48,135 | |||||||
| Actual | National Average | |||||||
| Percentage Class ABC1: | 64% | 44% | ||||||
| Crime | Violence | Sexual | Burglary | Motor | ||||
| Per 1000 population | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Yield Range: | 5.0% - 8.1% | |||||||
| Price Ranges | Low £ | Hi £ | Low £pw | Hi £pw | Low | Hi | ||
| Flats&maisonettes | 124,800 | 187,200 | 195 | 264 | 7.3% | 8.1% | ||
| Terraced | 151,200 | 226,800 | 170 | 230 | 5.3% | 5.8% | ||
| Semi-detached | 196,000 | 294,000 | 225 | 304 | 5.4% | 6.0% | ||
| Detached | 341,600 | 512,400 | 361 | 488 | 5.0% | 5.5% | ||
| Valuations above the national average by: | 88% | |||||||
| Actual | National Average | |||||||
| Capital growth last 12 months: | 17% | 18% | ||||||
| Capital growth last 4 years: | 83% | 74% | ||||||
| Large employers in the area: | Avaya, BOC Ltd, Vision Engineering, Kobe Steel and the Smith Group Criterion Software, Bullfrog, Lionhead Studios, Big Blue Box Dogfish Entertainments, Cleansorb, Disperse Technologies plc, ANGLE Technology, DevCo Pharmaceuticals | |||||||
| Demand For Letting: | Good | |||||||
| Average void period: | 2 weeks | |||||||
| Total (out of 10) | Capital Growth (out of 5) | Yield (out of 5) | ||||||
| Out of 10: | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Summary: | An affluent town in Surrey that offers scope for good capital growth. | |||||||
| Description: | With its roots in Anglo Saxon England, Guildford’s history goes all the way back to the 5th Century and this can be clearly seen from the beautiful buildings that inhabit the town. Its reasonably close to London yet 70% of the borough lies within the green belt and some parts are officially recognised as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. All this but only 40 minutes away from Gatwick and Heathrow. The University of Surrey occupys a prominent place within Guildford and together with the Research Park bring in £450m to the local economy every year and the university’s hi-tech expertise plays a big role in the national economy. The Park employs around 3,000 people. In 1997 the town won the British Council of Shopping Centre Environment Award and came top 20 out of 1,100 shopping centres for retail facilities judged by Experian. This makes Guildford number 1 for shopping in the whole of Surrey and top 3 in the South East. 75% of the town’s employees are in the service sector and 95% of businesses employ fewer than 50 employees. This would mean that a large proportion of the town’s population would be working for a small company in the services sector thus making the community a tight knit one. Farming is also an essential part of the local economy and there is a market once a month which is now kind of a tourist attraction. Unemployment is extremely low at 0.7% and average annual income is above average at £23,000 – this has got to be a good town! | |||||||
| Mainline railway station: | 40 minutes London Waterloo | |||||||
| Road Access: | Main access A3 38 miles south west of Central London 8 miles from M25 | |||||||
| Local Newspaper | Surrey Advertiser 01483 508700 | |||||||
| Estate Agents: | Name | Address | Tel | Web | ||||
| Clarke Gammon | 45 High Street Guildford Surrey GU1 3ER | 01483 880900 | www.clarkegammon.co.uk | |||||
| Seymours Estate Agents | 249 High Street Guildford Surrey GU1 3BJ | 01483 457722 | ||||||
| Burns & Webber | The Clock House 2 London Road Guildford Surrey GU1 2AF | 01483 440800 | ||||||
| Curchods | 4 London Road Guildford Surrey GU1 2AF | 01483 458800 | ||||||
| Meldrum Salter Edgley | 254 High Street Guildford Surrey GU1 3JG | 01483 535533 | ||||||
| Letting Agents: | Name | Address | Tel | Web | ||||
| FPD Savills plc | 01483 796830 | www.fpdsavills.co.uk | ||||||
| Seymours Letting & Management Services | 01483 457722 | www.seymours-letting.co.uk | ||||||
| Principal | 2, The Mount Guildford Surrey GU2 4HN | 01483 455990 | www.principal.uk.com | |||||
| Hamptons International | 8, Chertsey St Guildford Surrey GU1 4HD | 01483 577577 | www.hamptons.co.uk | |||||
| Townends Guildford | 5, Epsom Rd Guildford Surrey GU1 3JT | 01483 505535 | www.townends.co.uk | |||||
| Castlekeys | 01483 301919 | TBC | ||||||
| Countrywide Residential Lettings | 01483 535321 | www.rightmove.co.uk | ||||||