School Cottage, Rogers Rough Road, Kilndown, Cranbrook, TN17 2RL

School Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Kilndown, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 2RL). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since July 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £509,000 sits 51.9% above the 2005 sale of £335,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 42% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.