8 Newtown Green, Ashford, TN24 0PE

8 Newtown Green is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Ashford (TN24 0PE). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the 6th smallest of 54 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–121 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a basement. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since October 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 37 m² it's 22.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 53 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 sits 107% above the 2008 sale of £57,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 20.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.