1 Bensted, Ashford, TN23 5YQ
About 1 Bensted
1 Bensted is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ashford (TN23 5YQ). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £314,000 is 16.3% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £270,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 1 Bensted.
1 application on record at 1 Bensted, Ashford, TN23 5YQ
- Feb 2004ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
two storey side extension
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 04/00081/AS
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£314,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£270,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 April 2021Most recent
£270,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN23 5YQ: £255,000 (2023–2020).
Versus other Bensted homes
CO₂ Emissions for 1 Bensted lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,328
Street avg £2,838
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 65 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 2.7 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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Bensted — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The John Wallis Church of England Academy. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB