Lake House, Cranbrook Road, Benenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4ES

Lake House is a four-bedroom detached house in Benenden, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 4ES). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 126 m² it sits well below the postcode median (225 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £831,000 is 13.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£538/sq ft) was about 78.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2021 for £730,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.