The Garden House, Standen Street, Benenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4LA

The Garden House is a detached house in Benenden, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 4LA). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on oil.

At 183 m² the property is well over the postcode median (140 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,037,000 is 14.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£460/sq ft) was about 25.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £906,700 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.