2 Century Cottage, Rolvenden Road, Benenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4DU

2 Century Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Benenden, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 4DU). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in July 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Other recorded features include notable views.

At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (107 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £321,000 is 26.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 26.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £254,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.