Pondside Cottage, Church Road, Kilndown, Cranbrook, TN17 2SF

Pondside Cottage is a semi-detached house in Kilndown, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 2SF). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since February 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Across 2007–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £741,000 is 12.3% below the 2025 sale of £845,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£599/sq ft) was about 120.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. A recent sale: £845,000 in June 2025. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.