April Cottage, The Walk, Tandridge, Oxted, RH8 9NY
About April Cottage
April Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Tandridge, Oxted, Oxted (RH8 9NY). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold January 2025 for £775,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble, Detached
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at April Cottage.
- Nov 2021PorchFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
Erection of porch to front of house.
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 2021/1620
- Dec 2002PorchFullIn report
Erection of porch to south elevation (renewal)
Extension- Reference
- 97/926/R
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at April Cottage
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on April Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£775,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 6 years.
£775,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
21 January 2025Most recent
£775,000
+30.3%over 5 years31 January 2019
£595,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH8 9NY: £450,000 (2025–2019).
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Sold Jan 2021
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Sold Aug 2019
£627,9006 The Walk, Tandridge, Oxted, RH8 9NY
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£490,000
Everything we know about April Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other The Walk homes
April Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,536
Street avg £5,870
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.2 km
Leigh Mill Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Peter's CofE Infant School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB