8 Kiln Road, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7BD

8 Kiln Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Aldington, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 7BD). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2016); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

It hasn't traded since July 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 sits 328.1% above the 2001 sale of £60,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 45.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 77 m² it's 15% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).