13 Basden Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4EB
About 13 Basden Cottages
13 Basden Cottages is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 4EB). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 72).
At 155 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory, partial demolition and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£321/sq ft) was about 144.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £535,000 in August 2021. 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
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- GarageYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Feb 2018ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension with roof lights, addition of bay window to front elevation and decking at rear
ExtensionDemolition- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/04197/FULL
- Jun 2007Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two - Storey side extension and loft conversion
Extension- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/01468/FUL
What's in 13 Basden Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4EB's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£567,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£535,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 August 2021Most recent
£535,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN18 4EB: £385,000 (2022–2006).
Nearby sales in TN18 4EB
10 Basden Cottages, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4EB
Sold May 2022
£575,0001 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
Floor Area for 13 Basden Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,452
Street avg £2,728
Floor Area
155 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 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