Cherry Tree Cottage, The Lane, Guston, Dover, CT15 5ES

Cherry Tree Cottage is a nine-bedroom semi-detached house in Guston, Dover, Dover (CT15 5ES). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2021 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced Dover HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,871/sq ft) was about 906.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 9 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £745,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.