Red Thimbles, Lower Green Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4DZ

Red Thimbles is a detached house in Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells (TN2 4DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (134 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£644/sq ft) was about 129.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £610,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.