West High View Cottage, Rye Road, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5JE

West High View Cottage is a semi-detached house in Sandhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 5JE). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

Held since December 2007 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2003–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £507,000 sits 91.3% above the 2007 sale of £265,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£200/sq ft) was about 17.3% below the postcode norm. 18 planning records sit against the property, 12 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.