Allen Gardiner House, Flat 4, Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 3DJ

Allen Gardiner House is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Tunbridge Wells (TN2 3DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 70 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in Allen Gardiner House, where floor areas span 64–141 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (64 versus a worst of 32). The latest certificate (June 2014) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold July 2022 for £277,000. Across the public record there are 6 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 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 16.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.