Fairseat Cottage, Vigo Road, Fairseat, Sevenoaks, TN15 7LU

Fairseat Cottage is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Fairseat, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks (TN15 7LU). It has a recorded floor area of 204 m² (around 2196 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

It hasn't traded since May 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 204 m² it sits well below the postcode median (293 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,054,000 is 31.7% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 103.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.