The Gables, Coombe Wood Lane, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7BZ

The Gables is a detached house in Hawkinge, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 7BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 9 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £719,000 is 14.1% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 37.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in June 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.