16 Chestnut Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3LR

16 Chestnut Lane is a three-bedroom detached house in Kingsnorth, Ashford, Ashford (TN23 3LR). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in December 2009. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 68 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 48 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £335,000 sits 91.4% above the 2009 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 38.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.