8 Birling Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5LX

8 Birling Road is a two-bedroom end-of-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 before 1900 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 January 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95). The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since August 2004, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £445,000 sits 128.2% above the 2004 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 38% 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).