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Get startedOld Rectory Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Boughton Lees, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 4HS). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views, a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Ashford HPI: 15.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £721,000 is 14.4% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£430/sq ft) was about 82.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 136 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). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in November 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Old Rectory Cottage has an approved side extension on the planning record.
Extension: Side of property
Single storey side extension
Latest sale on Old Rectory Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£721,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.3% per year over 5 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 15.3% per year over 5 years.
Old Rectory Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
64 (D)
Street avg 36 (F)
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 192 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB

Garden store and tool shed extension to existing garage
24 November 2017Most recent
£630,000
+113.6%over 5 years27 July 2012
£295,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN25 4HS: £570,000 (2018–2002).
Street avg 11.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
TN25 4AY
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB
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