3 Beehive Cottages, Winchester Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4DG

3 Beehive Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 4DG). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Held since July 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £305,000 sits 214.4% above the 1999 sale of £97,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 69.3% below the postcode norm.