1 Middle Lane, Seal, Sevenoaks, TN15 0BB

1 Middle Lane is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Seal, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks (TN15 0BB). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since September 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 53 m² it's 26.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £311,000 sits 89.1% above the 2005 sale of £164,500.