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3 sales on record
About Bell House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Bell House is a detached house in Mersham, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 6NU). It has a recorded floor area of 355 m² (around 3821 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced Ashford HPI: 9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 52.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 355 m² the property is well over the postcode median (185 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 15 planning records sit against the property, 10 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,388,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Bell House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F35
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
21.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Bell House, The Forstal, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Bell House.
- Mar 2023RenovationHeritageApprove with Conditions
Repair works to chimney stacks and window replacements
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Bell House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,391,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.0% per year over 14 years.
Last sold (2021)
£1,388,000
Growth on file: 9.0% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other The Forstal homes
Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On years held, Bell House runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,910
Street avg £3,683
Floor Area
355 m²
Street avg 178 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Ashford district page.
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
0.7 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around TN25 6NU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 27 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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