2 Dene Cottages, Back Road, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5JS

2 Dene Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Sandhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 5JS). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (149 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £353,000 is 10.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£407/sq ft) was about 105.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.