1 Fox Close, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8EZ
About 1 Fox Close
1 Fox Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Lyminge, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 8EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £555,000 is 29.1% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 30.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2020 at £430,000.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- DrivewayYes
- Summer houseYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
1 Fox Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of a single storey side extension with rooms in the roof together with front and rear dormer windows and installation of dormers to front and rear of existing roof slope, following demolition of existing garage.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- Y06/0457/SH
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Fox Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£555,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 14 years.
£430,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
3 February 2020Most recent
£430,000
+17.8%over 12 years24 June 2007
£365,000
+82.5%over 1 year4 April 2006
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CT18 8EZ: £332,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in CT18 8EZ
3 Fox Close, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8EZ
Sold Aug 2022
£250,0004 Fox Close, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8EZ
Sold Nov 2021
£355,00010 Fox Close, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8EZ
Sold Jan 2021
£420,0007 Fox Close, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8EZ
Sold Jan 2018
£332,0005 Fox Close, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8EZ
Sold Dec 2008
£174,995
Everything we know about 1 Fox Close, 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 Fox Close homes
EPC Rating for 1 Fox Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,704
Street avg £3,272
Floor Area
159 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 3.5 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
0.5 km
Sibton Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Lyminge Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB