1 Ark Cottages, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE
About 1 Ark Cottages
1 Ark Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Etchinghill, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 8DE). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 38.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Parkingallocated
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Aug 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
Rolling consent to pollard to a height of 8 meters one Ash Tree once every 5 years for a maximum of 15 years situated in a conservation area.
Conservation Area- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/1121/FH/TCA
- Oct 2020ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of conditions 4 ( tree planting) & 5 ( driveway details) for planning application Y19/1466/FH - Conversion of existing six bedroom dwelling into two separate dwellings with off street parking
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/1025/FH/CON
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£363,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£350,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 September 2022Most recent
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CT18 8DE: £522,500 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CT18 8DE
7 Ark Cottages, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE
Sold Nov 2025
£355,000Cherry Tree Cottage, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE
Sold Jul 2024
£522,500Spicers Farm, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE
Sold Mar 2023
£665,000The Nook, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE
Sold Jun 2022
£699,950The Studio Cottage, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE
Sold Feb 2021
£325,000
Everything we know about 1 Ark Cottages, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Canterbury Road homes
Price per m²
£3,535
Street avg £3,308
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 125 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The Gatekeeper — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Lyminge Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB