Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
4 Brickfield Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 4ER). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (November 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (137 m² across 11 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. Sold May 2021 for £409,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£488/sq ft) was about 37.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused.
4 Brickfield Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Certificate validity
Valid until 13 October 2032
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system changed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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4 Brickfield Cottage has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
6 applications on record at 4 Brickfield Cottage, Kempes Corner, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4ER
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4 Brickfield Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2005.
£422,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.8% per year over 16 years.
£409,500
Growth on file: 8.8% per year over 16 years.
4 May 2021Most recent
£409,500
+154.3%over 8 years23 April 2013
£161,000
+12.6%over 7 years24 July 2005
£143,000
+32.4%15 June 2005
£108,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN25 4ER: £477,500 (2023–2020).
4b Brickfield Cottage, Kempes Corner, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4ER
Sold Jul 2023
4a Brickfield Cottage, Kempes Corner, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4ER
Sold Oct 2021
10 Brickfield Cottage, Kempes Corner, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4ER
Sold Dec 2020
9 Brickfield Cottage, Kempes Corner, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4ER
Sold Nov 2020
Kyrenia, Kempes Corner, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4ER
Sold Nov 2020
EPC Rating for 4 Brickfield Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,250
Street avg £5,236
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
63/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Redhouse — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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