5 Hyders Forge, Long Mill Lane, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, TN15 0RQ

5 Hyders Forge is a three-bedroom detached house in Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks (TN15 0RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 91). The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (189 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£777/sq ft) was about 214.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £827,500 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.