North Cottage, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8JW
About North Cottage
North Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Lyminge, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 8JW). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 72.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £399,900 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
North Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
North Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£431,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£399,900
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 September 2021Most recent
£399,900
Median price across the last 5 sales in CT18 8JW: £280,000 (2023–2013).
Nearby sales in CT18 8JW
6 Robus Terrace, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8JW
Sold Jun 2023
£269,950Highlands, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8JW
Sold Mar 2022
£775,000Mount Pleasant, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8JW
Sold Oct 2018
£930,0004 Robus Terrace, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8JW
Sold Oct 2015
£204,0001 Fernbank, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, Folkestone, CT18 8JW
Sold Dec 2013
£280,000
Everything we know about North Cottage, 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 Canterbury Road homes
On epc rating, North Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,395
Street avg £2,676
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 6.1 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
0.0 km
Silverlands Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Lyminge Church of England Primary School. 2 schools 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
37.4dB