Little Orchard, Buckham Thorns Road, Westerham, TN16 1ET

Little Orchard is a detached house in Westerham (TN16 1ET). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2023) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93).

Across 1997–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £946,000 sits 57.7% above the 2012 sale of £600,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£320/sq ft) was about 23.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 174 m² it's 15.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (206 m² median across 8 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). On the market in November 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.