Rydal House, Friezley Lane, Cranbrook, TN17 2LL

Rydal House is a four-bedroom detached house in Cranbrook (TN17 2LL). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1694 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£620/sq ft) was about 39.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 157 m² it's 25.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (211 m² median across 9 EPCs). Last sale on file: £1,050,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.