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Primrose Cottage, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9HS

4 sales on record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Floor area
107 m²
1152 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 52
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Primrose Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Primrose Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ightham, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks (TN15 9HS). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

Sold September 2022 for £545,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£473/sq ft) was about 56.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E52
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Primrose Cottage, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9HS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Primrose Cottage has no planning applications on record.

The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Primrose Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.

Current estimate

£523,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 20 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£545,000

Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 20 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 23 September 2022Most recent

    £545,000

    +91.2%over 16 years
  2. 23 October 2005

    £285,000

    +9.2%over 1 year
  3. 7 November 2003

    £261,000

    +30.5%over 1 year
  4. 26 May 2002

    £200,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in TN15 9HS: £680,000 (2023–2020).

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On the street

Versus other Borough Green Road homes

Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On years held, Primrose Cottage runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£5,093

Street avg £4,170

Strongly above

Floor Area

107 m²

Street avg 127 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

5.9 t/year

Street avg 6.4 t/year

On par
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Sevenoaks district page.

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.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around TN15 9HS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for TN15 9HS

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

53.2dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for TN15 9HS

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

45.0dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Primrose Cottage, Borough Green Road, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9HS. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.