1 Holmwood Villas, Ockley Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4DP

1 Holmwood Villas is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 4DP). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 3-band jump.

At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (163 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£413/sq ft) was about 121.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £440,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.