26 Forest Avenue, Ashford, TN25 4GB

26 Forest Avenue is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ashford (TN25 4GB). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band B. At 59 m² this is the 5th smallest of 50 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 52–166 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it B (April 2011); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced Ashford HPI: 4.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 60% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (86 m² across 49 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. Last sale on file: £212,500 in June 2022. 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.