The Studio Cottage, Canterbury Road, Etchinghill, Folkestone, CT18 8DE

The Studio Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Etchinghill, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 8DE). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record.

8 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £325,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £361,000 is 11.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 107% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 72 m² it's 29.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 11 EPCs).