2 Betherinden Cottages, Bodiam Road, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5LW
About 2 Betherinden Cottages
2 Betherinden Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sandhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 5LW). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 984 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in January 2011. Across 2001–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 sits 51.2% above the 2011 sale of £229,500. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 91 m² it's 17.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
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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
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Parkingoff_road
Energy performance
2 Betherinden Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 May 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Betherinden Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Jul 2021Loft ConversionFullIn report
Proposed loft conversion and associated alterations
- Agent
- Avenue Architecture
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01721/FULL
- Dec 2013ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Demolition of covered storage area and erection of single storey side/rear extension
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/03007/HOUSE
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Betherinden Cottages saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£347,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 9 years.
£229,500
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
7 January 2011Most recent
£229,500
17 November 2005
£230,000
+60.3%over 4 years27 September 2001
£143,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN18 5LW: £216,000 (2023–2003).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Bodiam Road homes
2 Betherinden Cottages is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,510
Street avg £3,046
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 4.2 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
0.1 km
Sandhurst Close — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Sandhurst Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB