Fontmell, Tenterden Road, Golford, Cranbrook, TN17 3PA
About Fontmell
Fontmell is a detached house in Golford, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 3PA). It has a recorded floor area of 193 m² (around 2077 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on lpg.
At 193 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Fontmell's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2006PorchFullIn report
Extension to form en-suite bathroom and porch, and reduction to size of existing conservatory
ExtensionConservatory- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/02762/FUL
What's in Fontmell, Tenterden Road, Golford, Cranbrook, TN17 3PA's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Fontmell has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£795,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN17 3PA: £595,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in TN17 3PA
The Haven, Tenterden Road, Golford, Cranbrook, TN17 3PA
Sold Oct 2023
£305,000Victoria, Tenterden Road, Golford, Cranbrook, TN17 3PA
Sold Jun 2021
£412,500Owls Nest, Tenterden Road, Golford, Cranbrook, TN17 3PA
Sold Jun 2021
£925,000Golford Lodge, Tenterden Road, Golford, Cranbrook, TN17 3PA
Sold Feb 2021
£1,345,000Forest View, Tenterden Road, Golford, Cranbrook, TN17 3PA
Sold Jul 2018
£595,000
Everything we know about Fontmell, in one report
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Versus other Tenterden Road homes
Fontmell is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
193 m²
Street avg 160 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
0.3 km
Golford Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB