1 Laurel Cottages, Vale Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4BU
About 1 Laurel Cottages
1 Laurel Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 4BU). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £450,000 is 17.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£371/sq ft) was about 215.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £383,000. 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Parkingoff_road
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
1 Laurel Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Apr 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Laurel Cottages has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Sept 2020ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - New single storey side extension with roof lantern; new open lean too; changes to fenestration.
- Agent
- Jeremy Page Associates
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/01823/LAWPRO
- May 2009ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Erection of a two storey side and rear extension to replace an existing single storey extension and garage
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/00851/FUL
What's in 1 Laurel Cottages, Vale Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4BU's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Laurel Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£450,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 23 years.
£383,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
6 January 2021Most recent
£383,000
+41.9%over 14 years2 November 2006
£270,000
+184.2%over 8 years28 May 1998
£95,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN18 4BU: £190,000 (2020–1999).
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Vale Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB