Samarkand, Camden Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4TW

Samarkand is a detached house in Tunbridge Wells (TN2 4TW). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

Held since August 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £1,015,000 sits 244.1% above the 1997 sale of £295,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£183/sq ft) was about 50% below the postcode norm. 10 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 150 m² it sits well below the postcode median (429 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.