Old Post Office, Flat, West Road, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, TN17 1AB
About Old Post Office
Old Post Office is an end-of-terrace house in Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 1AB). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since September 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £233,000 sits 73.9% above the 2006 sale of £134,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 53.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2006. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2006RenovationFullIn report
Velux rooflight in south elevation and replacement of existing window with french window and balustrade
New Windows- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/02683/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Old Post Office was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£233,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 17.5% per year over 10 years.
£134,000
Growth on file: 17.5% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
24 September 2006Most recent
£134,000
-21.2%over 1 year21 January 2005
£170,000
+359.5%over 3 years28 February 2001
£37,000
+43.0%over 4 years9 July 1996
£25,875
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN17 1AB: £365,000 (2021–2015).
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
War Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Goudhurst and Kilndown Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB