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Get started5a Alderbrook Cottages is a semi-detached house in Crowborough (TN6 3DF). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 42 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (42–105 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to D across 8 units on file. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Council records include a two-storey extension at 5a Alderbrook Cottages.
Extension: Two storey
TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO RE-SITE STAIRS AND ENLARGE LIVING AREA. RE-SITE BATHROOM
5a Alderbrook Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£161,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On epc rating, 5a Alderbrook Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 42 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

HOUSE TURNED IN TO GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR FLATS
1 more application for this property
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Median price across the last 5 sales in TN6 3DF: £290,000 (2023–2019).
2 Alderbrook Cottages Stone Cross Road Crowborough
Sold Jul 2023
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Sold Apr 2023
1 Alderbrook Cottages Stone Cross Road Crowborough
Sold Apr 2022
48 Stone Cross Road Crowborough
Sold Nov 2021
1 Crossways Cottages Stone Cross Road Crowborough
Sold Apr 2019
Street avg 2.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
Alderbrook Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Jarvis Brook Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB