Lower Platts, Wadhurst house prices are built from 85 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 22 May 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £245,000. Across the 6 years from 1998 to 2004 the median moved +152.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +125.6%.
Median price paid
£245,000
Change in cash, 1998–2004
+152.2%
Change in real terms
+125.6%
HM Land Registry85 salesLatest sale 22 May 2024
Section 01
How Lower Platts, Wadhurst prices moved
The chart tracks the median Lower Platts, Wadhurst house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2004. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | £115,000 | £255,354 |
| 2000s | 3 | £242,500 | £441,764 |
The highest yearly median on record for Lower Platts, Wadhurst is £290,000 in 2004; the lowest is £115,000 in 1998. Across the full 7-year record the cash median has moved from £115,000 to £290,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £238,456, so the real change over the whole record is +125.6% — about +14.52% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +152.2% in cash against +125.6% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greencroft | 22 May 2024 | Detached | £575,000 | £605,037 |
| 5 Meadowside Cottages | 18 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £545,000 | £573,470 |
| White Heather | 17 Apr 2024 | Detached | £643,800 | £677,431 |
| 1 Meadowside Cottages | 26 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £363,022 |
| Hazlemere | 14 Jul 2023 | Semi-detached | £575,000 | £621,264 |
| Lavender House | 5 Jul 2022 | Detached | £598,000 | £692,835 |
| 2 Dutch Lodge | 12 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £430,000 | £498,192 |
| 7 | 14 Dec 2021 | Detached | £490,000 | £619,086 |
| The Platt | 30 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £605,000 | £764,382 |
| Criston | 29 Jan 2021 | Detached | £590,000 | £745,430 |
| Holmwood | 27 Mar 2020 | Detached | £290,000 | £375,482 |
| Conway | 17 Oct 2019 | Detached | £306,000 | £400,241 |
| Rose Cottage | 22 Dec 2017 | Detached | £407,000 | £553,929 |
| Hansford | 6 May 2016 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £663,119 |
| Roselea | 4 Aug 2015 | Detached | £350,000 | £493,500 |
| Freshfields | 18 Mar 2015 | Detached | £620,000 | £874,200 |
| Hollydown | 14 Nov 2014 | Detached | £375,000 | £537,894 |
| Ardenlea | 8 Nov 2013 | Detached | £313,500 | £457,120 |
| Montrene | 21 Aug 2012 | Detached | £390,000 | £582,521 |
| The Old Police House | 22 Nov 2011 | Detached | £362,500 | £555,571 |
| Roselea | 24 Aug 2011 | Detached | £211,600 | £324,300 |
| 7 | 22 Oct 2010 | Detached | £260,000 | £415,176 |
| 4 Meadowside Cottages | 27 May 2010 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £503,001 |
| Owl Cottage | 1 Feb 2010 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £399,207 |
| 3 Dutch Lodge | 11 Dec 2009 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £525,874 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Lower Platts, Wadhurst values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREENCROFT Lower Platts | £153,450 (1998) | £575,000 (2024) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 5 MEADOWSIDE COTTAGES Lower Platts | £316,250 (2006) | £545,000 (2024) | +3.1% | +0.1% |
| WHITE HEATHER Lower Platts | £140,000 (1996) | £643,800 (2024) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 1 MEADOWSIDE COTTAGES Lower Platts | £87,000 (1999) | £345,000 (2024) | +5.7% | +2.9% |
| LAVENDER HOUSE Lower Platts | £175,000 (1999) | £598,000 (2022) | +5.5% | +2.9% |
| 2 DUTCH LODGE Lower Platts | £230,000 (2003) | £430,000 (2022) | +3.3% | +0.7% |
| 7 Lower Platts | £260,000 (2010) | £490,000 (2021) | +5.9% | +3.7% |
| THE PLATT Lower Platts | £330,000 (2003) | £605,000 (2021) | +3.4% | +1.1% |
| CRISTON Lower Platts | £50,000 (1996) | £590,000 (2021) | +10.4% | +8.0% |
| HANSFORD Lower Platts | £166,500 (2000) | £475,000 (2016) | +6.8% | +4.4% |
| ROSELEA Lower Platts | £211,600 (2011) | £350,000 (2015) | +13.4% | +11.1% |
| FRESHFIELDS Lower Platts | £420,000 (2004) | £620,000 (2015) | +3.6% | +1.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Lower Platts, Wadhurst is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 48 | 56.5% | £242,500 | £50,000 – £643,800 |
| Semi-detached | 35 | 41.2% | £235,000 | £77,000 – £605,000 |
| Terraced | 2 | 2.4% | £316,250 | £316,250 – £545,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Lower Platts, Wadhurst
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 85 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 85 | 100.0% | £245,000 |
| New build | 4 | 4.7% | £232,500 |
| Existing home | 81 | 95.3% | £248,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -6.3%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 1 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Lower Platts, Wadhurst compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Lower Platts, Wadhurst sits above that national figure — +55.6%.
Within Wadhurst the street ranks 118 of 167 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £295,000 (-16.9%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £50,000 to £643,800. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- High Street£249,950 median
- Little Park£160,000 median
- Church Street£230,000 median
- Townlands Road£318,750 median
- Station Road£320,000 median
- Old Wardsdown£203,750 median
- Springfields£149,500 median
- Lower High Street£335,000 median
- Mayfield Lane£726,250 median
- Western Road£268,000 median
- Rosemary Lane£94,250 median
- Queens Cottages£233,000 median
- Acres Rise£195,000 median
- Union Street£285,500 median
- Three Leg Cross£310,000 median
- Jonas Drive£292,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- OWL COTTAGE Lower Platts4 sales
- MERRILEA Lower Platts4 sales
- GREENCROFT Lower Platts3 sales
- 1, MEADOWSIDE COTTAGES Lower Platts3 sales
- THE PLATT Lower Platts3 sales
- CRISTON Lower Platts3 sales
- HANSFORD Lower Platts3 sales
- HOLLYDOWN Lower Platts3 sales
- ALEXANDRA COTTAGE Lower Platts3 sales
- ROSE COTTAGE STORES Lower Platts3 sales
- LANGSIDE Lower Platts3 sales
- 5, MEADOWSIDE COTTAGES Lower Platts2 sales
- WHITE HEATHER Lower Platts2 sales
- LAVENDER HOUSE Lower Platts2 sales
- 2, DUTCH LODGE Lower Platts2 sales
- 7 Lower Platts2 sales
- ROSELEA Lower Platts2 sales
- FRESHFIELDS Lower Platts2 sales
- ARDENLEA Lower Platts2 sales
- THE OLD POLICE HOUSE Lower Platts2 sales
- 4, MEADOWSIDE COTTAGES Lower Platts2 sales
- 3, DUTCH LODGE Lower Platts2 sales
- 4 Lower Platts2 sales
- 2, MEADOWSIDE COTTAGES Lower Platts2 sales
Back to Wadhurst house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Lower Platts, Wadhurst?
The median price paid in Lower Platts, Wadhurst across every sale on the register is £245,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Lower Platts, Wadhurst?
85 sales are on record for Lower Platts, Wadhurst, the most recent completing on 22 May 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Lower Platts, Wadhurst house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +152.2% between 1998 and 2004. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +125.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Lower Platts, Wadhurst house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £290,000, set in 2004. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Lower Platts, Wadhurst?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 22 May 2024. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Lower Platts, Wadhurst house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.