Forge Cottage, Stone Street, Stanford, Ashford, TN25 6DN

Forge Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stanford, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 6DN). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2016. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (206 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £290,000 is 15.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 43.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £252,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.