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Get started5 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 (March 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2013 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced Ashford HPI: 9.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £538,000 is 17% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£548/sq ft) was about 57.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold April 2019 for £460,000.
5 Brickfield Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 5 Brickfield Cottage.
Extension: Side of property
Single storey side extension
£538,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.4% per year over 5 years.
£460,000
Growth on file: 9.4% per year over 5 years.
On epc rating, 5 Brickfield Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,897
Street avg £5,165
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Revised scheme for 2 storey side extension
1 more application for this property
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23 April 2019Most recent
£460,000
+58.6%over 5 years26 February 2014
£290,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN25 4ER: £470,000 (2023–2020).
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CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
TN25 4PA
Redhouse — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB
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