East Elford Cottage, Hastings Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RP
About East Elford Cottage
East Elford Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 4RP). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump.
5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£393/sq ft) was about 40% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £677,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Garagedetached
Building
- Heating systemelectric
Energy performance
East Elford Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
East Elford Cottage has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Feb 2018RenovationOutlineIn report
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) - Replacement windows
New Windows- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/04318/LAWPRO
- Oct 2014Tree WorksTreesIn report
Trees in conservation area notification - Eucalyptus tree- to reduce some of its limbs by 50%.
Conservation Area- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/502459/TCA
What's in East Elford Cottage, Hastings Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RP's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
East Elford Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£719,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 22 years.
£677,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
28 June 2021Most recent
£677,000
+182.1%over 22 years12 April 1999
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN18 4RP: £260,000 (2024–2002).
Nearby sales in TN18 4RP
Elfords, Hastings Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RP
Sold Jul 2024
£2,442,0002 Elfords Cottages, Hastings Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RP
Sold Jul 2018
£300,0001 Elfords Cottages, Hastings Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RP
Sold Feb 2010
£260,000Elfords Lodge, Hastings Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RP
Sold Apr 2002
£220,000Boysdel Cottage, Hastings Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RP
Sold Aug 1996
£73,000
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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
0.2 km
The Eight Bells — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB