4 Medway Cottages, Woodcock Lane, Iden Green, Cranbrook, TN17 4HS
About 4 Medway Cottages
4 Medway Cottages is a semi-detached house in Iden Green, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 4HS). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2019 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 103), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£427/sq ft) was about 103.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2019 at £285,000.
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Valuation
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Risks
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Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
4 Medway Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Planning history
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey side and rear extension at 4 Medway Cottages.
- May 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Side and rear part single part two storey extension; addition of 4 no. rooflights; changes to fenestration
- Agent
- EvolutionBlue
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/03322/FULL
- May 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Erection of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
- Agent
- KS Architectural Services
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00892/FULL
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Sales history & valuation
4 Medway Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£306,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 25 years.
£285,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
14 November 2019Most recent
£285,000
+400.0%over 24 years20 April 1995
£57,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in TN17 4HS: £230,000 (2023–1996).
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Versus other Woodcock Lane homes
On epc rating, 4 Medway Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 79 m²
CO₂ Emissions
0.9 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 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
0.4 km
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Benenden Church of England Primary School. 1 school 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