Butterfly Cottage, Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4PN
About Butterfly Cottage
Butterfly Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 4PN). It has a recorded floor area of 222 m² (around 2390 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views, a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £820,000 is 18.5% above the 2021 sale price. Sold June 2021 for £692,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms4
- Open-plan layoutYes
Outside
- OutbuildingsYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Butterfly Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2009ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
New extension with pitch roof and new dormer window to rear elevation
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/01691/AS
- Jan 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of a two storey rear extension including veranda and 2 new dormer windows and two storey side extension
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/01945/AS
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Butterfly Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2006.
£820,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 15 years.
£692,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
3 June 2021Most recent
£692,000
+176.8%over 14 years12 July 2006
£250,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in TN17 4PN: £450,000 (2004–2004).
Nearby sales in TN17 4PN
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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
0.3 km
Job's Cross — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Rolvenden Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB