Hidden Cottage, High Cross Road, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, TN15 0NR
About Hidden Cottage
Hidden Cottage is a detached house in Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks (TN15 0NR). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1265 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2010) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 49). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last changed hands 11 years ago, in December 2014. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £891,000 is 28.2% above the 2014 sale price.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Hidden Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Dec 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
- Nov 2009OutlineIn report
Details of Archaeological Watching Brief submitted pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission ref. TM/09/01353/FL: Detached garage
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/02430/RD
- Jul 2009OutbuildingFullIn report
Detached garage
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/01353/FL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
£891,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 15 years.
£695,005
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
16 December 2014Most recent
£695,005
+42.6%over 11 years24 April 2003
£487,500
+20.4%over 2 years3 April 2001
£405,000
+72.3%over 11 months16 May 2000
£235,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in TN15 0NR: £895,000 (2015–2015).
Nearby sales in TN15 0NR
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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
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Plough — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB