Orchard Cottage, Pine Tree Lane, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, TN15 0NJ

Orchard Cottage is a detached house in Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks (TN15 0NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 168 m² it sits well below the postcode median (286 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,468,000 is 33.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£608/sq ft) was about 15.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.