Allen Gardiner House, Flat 2, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3DJ

Allen Gardiner House is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Tunbridge Wells (TN2 3DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. At 141 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Allen Gardiner House (64–141 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold November 2022 for £825,000. Across the public record there are 4 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 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£544/sq ft) was about 134% above the typical sold price in the postcode.