38a, Eardley Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 1XT

38a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Sevenoaks (TN13 1XT). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1598 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. At 149 m² this is the 30th smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 23–337 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 77). The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in January 2011. At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2011. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £540,000 is 47.9% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 24% below the postcode norm.