The Grey House, Church Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, TN15 0AR

The Grey House is a seven-bedroom detached house in Seal, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks (TN15 0AR). It has a recorded floor area of 440 m² (around 4734 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 41). The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 440 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 23 planning records sit against the property, 12 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,465,000 is 23.2% above the 2007 sale price.