Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Bower House is a four-bedroom detached house in Mersham, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 6NW). It has a recorded floor area of 330 m² (around 3548 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 49). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 330 m² the property is well over the postcode median (214 m² across 13 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. 8 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2016–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 26.6% below the postcode norm. Sold September 2020 for £728,000.
Bower House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Mar 2021
Certificate validity
Expired on 2 March 2021
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Bower House has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
8 applications on record at Bower House, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£736,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.9% per year over 4 years.
£728,000
Growth on file: 0.9% per year over 4 years.
21 September 2020Most recent
£728,000
+4.0%over 4 years28 July 2016
£700,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN25 6NW: £825,000 (2024–2022).
1 Bower Farm, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
Sold Oct 2024
3 Bower Farm, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
Sold Mar 2024
5 Bower Farm, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
Sold Sept 2023
4 Bower Farm, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
Sold Aug 2023
Blue Firs, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
Sold Nov 2022
Bower House is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,209
Street avg £3,419
Floor Area
330 m²
Street avg 211 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
28.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
63/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Oaklands — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Mersham Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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