Sun Lodge, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE

Sun Lodge is a four-bedroom detached house in Etchinghill, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 8DE). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since July 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £655,000 sits 367.9% above the 1998 sale of £140,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 73.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.