10 Forest Cottages, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
About 10 Forest Cottages
10 Forest Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Challock, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 4AR). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 107 m² it sits well below the postcode median (188 m² across 26 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, an annexe and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £466,000 is 32.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 35.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
10 Forest Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Mar 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
10 Forest Cottages has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
3 applications on record at 10 Forest Cottages, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
- Mar 2014ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension and a first floor bedroom extension above the existing kitchen
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00117/AS
- More recent applications — locked
- Garage ConversionAug 2016Decision
- ExtensionDec 2015Decision
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Sales history & valuation
10 Forest Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£466,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.8% per year over 9 years.
£352,000
Growth on file: 0.8% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
10 September 2015Most recent
£352,000
+7.3%over 8 years6 November 2006
£328,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN25 4AR: £670,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in TN25 4AR
Forest Lodge, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
Sold Jan 2025
£670,000Nitida, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
Sold Dec 2024
£600,0005 Woodland View, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
Sold May 2024
£1,040,000Tollgate Lodge, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
Sold May 2024
£680,0002 Forest Cottages, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AR
Sold May 2023
£430,000
Versus other Buck Street homes
On epc rating, 10 Forest Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,290
Street avg £3,200
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 175 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 5.2 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
The Stag — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Challock Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB







