Golford Cottage, Tenterden Road, Golford, Cranbrook, TN17 3PA

Golford Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Golford, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 3PA). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2293 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since July 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 213 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 10 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. Today's modelled estimate of £818,000 sits 63.6% above the 2010 sale of £500,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£218/sq ft) was about 27.5% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.