Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedVale House, Acol Hill, Acol, Birchington, CT7 0JE
5 sales on record
About Vale House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Vale House is a detached house in Acol, Birchington, Birchington (CT7 0JE). It has a recorded floor area of 216 m² (around 2325 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £651,000 is 13.2% above the 2022 sale price. At 216 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold December 2022 for £575,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Sept 2017
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C77
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Vale House, Acol Hill, Acol, Birchington, CT7 0JE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Vale House has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2005ExtensionFullGrant 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.
Vale House has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£651,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 27 years.
Last sold (2022)
£575,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Acol Hill homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Vale House outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
77 (C)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
216 m²
Street avg 109 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
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
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CT7 0JE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 35 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Vale House, Acol Hill, Acol, Birchington, CT7 0JE. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.