Tambour House, Friezley Lane, Cranbrook, TN17 2LL

Tambour House is a five-bedroom detached house in Cranbrook (TN17 2LL). It has a recorded floor area of 262 m² (around 2820 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 262 m² the property is well over the postcode median (186 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 11 years since the last transfer (August 2015). Across 2011–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 17% per year.