Boughton Aluph Cottage, Faversham Road, Boughton Lees, Ashford, TN25 4HS

Boughton Aluph Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Boughton Lees, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 4HS). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since September 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £931,000 sits 63.3% above the 2007 sale of £570,000.