5 Ark Cottages, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE

5 Ark Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Etchinghill, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 8DE). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in March 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor.

Held since October 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £313,000 is 48% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£203/sq ft) was about 20.6% below the postcode norm.