2 Lower Buckhurst Cottages, Biddenden Road, Frittenden, Cranbrook, TN17 2BG
About 2 Lower Buckhurst Cottages
2 Lower Buckhurst Cottages is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Frittenden, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 2BG). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2017. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since December 2003, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £589,000 sits 140.4% above the 2003 sale of £245,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
Energy performance
2 Lower Buckhurst Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 2 Lower Buckhurst Cottages.
- Mar 2007ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/00231/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
£589,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£245,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 December 2003Most recent
£245,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in TN17 2BG: £562,500 (2017–2006).
Nearby sales in TN17 2BG
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- 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.5 km
Bounds Cross — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Frittenden Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB