Rother Lea, Lossenham Lane, Newenden, Cranbrook, TN18 5QD

Rother Lea is a detached house in Newenden, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 5QD). It has a recorded floor area of 239 m² (around 2573 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2020 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on lpg.

At 239 m² the property is well over the postcode median (165 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 24.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£398/sq ft) was about 75.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,025,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.