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4 sales on record
About Forge Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Forge Cottage is a semi-detached house in Acol, Birchington, Birchington (CT7 0JA). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 112), a 4-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£476/sq ft) was about 98.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold July 2022 for £333,000. 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E50
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
4.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Forge Cottage, The Street, Acol, Birchington, CT7 0JA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Forge Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Aug 2016ExtensionFullGrant Permission
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Forge Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2001.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£332,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 21 years.
Last sold (2022)
£333,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other The Street homes
Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On years held, Forge Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,123
Street avg £3,095
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Birchington district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CT7 0JA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 37 points of interest in total.
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