1 Cornford Close, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4QP

1 Cornford Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Tunbridge Wells (TN2 4QP). It has a recorded floor area of 23 m² (around 248 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 23 m² it sits well below the postcode median (151 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2014. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£3,252/sq ft) was about 1305.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £805,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.