10 Basden Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4EB
About 10 Basden Cottages
10 Basden Cottages is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 4EB). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Other recorded features include notable views and a basement.
At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 179.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £575,000 in May 2022. 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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- GarageYes
- Summer houseYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2008Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension, loft conversion and front porch
ExtensionPorch- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/02612/FUL
- Aug 2008Loft ConversionOutlineIn report
Extension: Two storey
EIA Screening Opinion - Two storey side extension, loft conversion and front porch (TW/08/02612 refers)
ExtensionPorch- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/02614/EIASCR
What's in 10 Basden Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4EB's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 10 Basden Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£560,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 16 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
26 May 2022Most recent
£575,000
+228.6%over 15 years17 August 2006
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN18 4EB: £385,000 (2021–2005).
Nearby sales in TN18 4EB
13 Basden Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4EB
Sold Aug 2021
£535,0001 Basden Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4EB
Sold Jul 2021
£385,00016 Basden Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4EB
Sold Jan 2018
£387,0009 Basden Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4EB
Sold Apr 2001
£117,80014 Basden Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4EB
Sold Mar 2000
£97,000
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Versus the street
10 Basden Cottages outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,966
Street avg £2,600
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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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
0.3 km
Vale Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB