30 Poulders Gardens, Sandwich, CT13 0BE

30 Poulders Gardens is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Sandwich (CT13 0BE). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 15.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £517,000 is 10.9% below the 2021 sale of £580,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£842/sq ft) was about 297.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 72% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £580,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.