6 Birling Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5LX

6 Birling Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Tunbridge Wells (TN2 5LX). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2021) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95). Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since December 2000 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1996–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £445,000 sits 270.8% above the 2000 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£125/sq ft) was about 62.8% below the postcode norm. At 89 m² it's 26.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 20 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).