38a, Clifton Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3AR

38a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Tunbridge Wells (TN2 3AR). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2026) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £180,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £200,000 is 11.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 29.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² it's 27.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 24 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.