Kildare, Woodbury Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4BY

Kildare is a detached house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 4BY). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in September 2002. At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £380,000 sits 100% above the 2002 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 18% below the postcode norm.