8 Orchard Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AD

8 Orchard Lane is a detached house in Challock, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft) and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2020) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 107).

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £426,000 sits 238.1% above the 2007 sale of £126,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 54.9% below the postcode norm.