Magpies, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
About Magpies
Magpies is a three-bedroom detached house in Mersham, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 6NW). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 156 m² it sits well below the postcode median (241 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £630,000 is 20% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 30.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (June 2017).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Heating systemElectric
Energy performance
Magpies sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Jul 2026
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at Magpies.
3 applications on record at Magpies, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
- Mar 2019PorchFullOutcome in report
Proposed new entrance porch; removal of existing flat roof and replacement pitched roof
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00057/AS
- More recent applications — locked
- Solar PanelsMar 2023Decision
- AnnexJan 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
£630,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£525,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 June 2017Most recent
£525,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN25 6NW: £825,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in TN25 6NW
1 Bower Farm, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
Sold Oct 2024
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Sold Mar 2024
£865,0005 Bower Farm, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
Sold Sept 2023
£895,0004 Bower Farm, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
Sold Aug 2023
£825,000Blue Firs, Bower Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NW
Sold Nov 2022
£780,000
Versus other Bower Road homes
EPC Rating for Magpies lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,365
Street avg £3,322
Floor Area
156 m²
Street avg 224 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.5 km
Oaklands — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Mersham Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB







