Aberdeen House, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8HT

Aberdeen House is a semi-detached house in Lyminge, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 8HT). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1755 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 163 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £558,000 sits 74.4% above the 2004 sale of £320,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£182/sq ft) was about 15.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.