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Get started2 Hill View Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in East Brabourne, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 5LR). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
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 (£433/sq ft) was about 73.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (179 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 7 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold July 2023 for £410,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
2 Hill View Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Single-storey detached outbuilding to create a garden room/home gym
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£409,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 21 years.
£410,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 21 years.
2 Hill View Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,659
Street avg £3,037
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 280 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
2.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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Dining Room - Victorian Extension Install 2 no. Heritage roof-lights [NW aspect] Cat Slide roof - side facing. Rafters are not visible. Replace 1 no. 6 pane casement window [NW aspect] - like for like - side facing. Exterior wall is pebble-dashed and needs to be hacked back and rendered in lime mortar. Kitchen - Built 2007 Install 1 no. Heritage roof-light [SW aspect] roof - rear facing. Rafters are not visible
5 more applications for this property
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7 July 2023Most recent
£410,000
+27.3%over 12 years30 July 2010
£322,000
+111.1%over 8 years26 February 2002
£152,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN25 5LR: £1,175,000 (2021–2013).
Church Barn The Street East Brabourne Ashford
Sold Dec 2021
Court Lodge Barn The Street East Brabourne Ashford
Sold Sept 2021
East Brabourne House The Street East Brabourne Ashford
Sold May 2018
1 Hill View Cottage The Street East Brabourne Ashford
Sold May 2013
Church Farmhouse The Street East Brabourne Ashford
Sold Oct 2009
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 16.9 t/year
TN25 5DR
Andrews Close — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Brabourne Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB
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