20 Gatefield Cottages, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4JH

20 Gatefield Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 4JH). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a C (score 72). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £387,000 is 13.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 17.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £340,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.