4 Hawkwell Cottage, Maidstone Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4AE

4 Hawkwell Cottage is a semi-detached house in Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells (TN2 4AE). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £569,000 sits 173.6% above the 2015 sale of £208,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£150/sq ft) was about 49.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in October 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.