5 Brickfield Cottage, Kempes Corner, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, TN25 4ER

5 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.

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. Across 2014–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.4% per year. 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. Sold April 2019 for £460,000.