Bell Cottage, The Forstal, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NU

Bell Cottage is a detached house in Mersham, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 6NU). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.

At 123 m² it sits well below the postcode median (233 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2009–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £731,000 is 20.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£457/sq ft) was about 98.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2020 at £605,000.