Limuru, Cowgate Lane, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7AR

Limuru is a detached house in Hawkinge, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 7AR). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1290 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £491,000 sits 59.7% above the 2011 sale of £307,500. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 120 m² it's 23.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).