Barefield, Cranbrook Road, Benenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4ES

Barefield is a three-bedroom detached house in Benenden, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 4ES). It has a recorded floor area of 249 m² (around 2680 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 249 m² it's 29% larger than the typical home in the postcode (193 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£466/sq ft) was about 23.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,250,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.