Old Rectory Cottage, Faversham Road, Boughton Lees, Ashford, TN25 4HS

Old 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.