Friston, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9HS
About Friston
Friston is a detached house in Ightham, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks (TN15 9HS). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump.
At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 18 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £757,000 is 11.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£416/sq ft) was about 43.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £680,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Friston sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Single storey rear extension, two storey side extension, first floor extension incorporating rooms in the roof and double garage
- Council
- Team 2
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/02060/FL
What's in Friston, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9HS's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£757,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£680,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 April 2022Most recent
£680,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN15 9HS: £620,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in TN15 9HS
Greengarth, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9HS
Sold Aug 2023
£735,000Rushmere Court, Freshfield, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9HS
Sold Feb 2023
£695,000Primrose Cottage, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9HS
Sold Sept 2022
£545,000Grasmere, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9HS
Sold Mar 2021
£620,000Azalea Cottage, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9HS
Sold Nov 2020
£480,000
Everything we know about Friston, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Borough Green Road homes
EPC Rating for Friston lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,474
Street avg £4,205
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 125 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Walker Place — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Ightham Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.0dB