10 Bourne Vale, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, TN15 0QT

10 Bourne Vale is a semi-detached house in Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks (TN15 0QT). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil.

3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 80 m² it's 19.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 16 EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£494/sq ft) was about 121.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £425,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.