3 Chestnut Cottage, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AT
About 3 Chestnut Cottage
3 Chestnut Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Challock, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 4AT). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 21 years, with the last transfer in December 2004. Today's modelled estimate of £468,000 sits 160.1% above the 2004 sale of £179,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£116/sq ft) was about 36.6% below the postcode norm. At 144 m² it's 28% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (200 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Energy performance
3 Chestnut Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 Chestnut Cottage has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
3 Chestnut Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£468,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£179,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 December 2004Most recent
£179,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN25 4AT: £237,500 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in TN25 4AT
High Tree Lodge, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AT
Sold Mar 2024
£729,640Briar House, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AT
Sold Feb 2020
£790,0001 Chestnut Cottage, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AT
Sold Aug 2017
£237,500Maytree House, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AT
Sold Jan 2017
£220,0002 Chestnut Cottage, Buck Street, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4AT
Sold Jul 2015
£215,500
Versus other Buck Street homes
On years held, 3 Chestnut Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,250
Street avg £2,484
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 193 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 3.8 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
0.2 km
The Stag — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Challock Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB







