Meadow Lodge, Talbot Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4LT

Meadow Lodge is a detached house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 4LT). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £506,000 is 12.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 20% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.