Forge House, King Street, Brenzett, Romney Marsh, TN29 9UD

Forge House is a detached house in Brenzett, Romney Marsh, Romney Marsh (TN29 9UD). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £532,000 is 18.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£307/sq ft) was about 61.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.