Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Sheraton Cottage is a detached house in Aldington, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 7DA). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since October 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1995–1996, sale prices on this property compounded at -18.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £414,000 sits 318.4% above the 1996 sale of £98,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£113/sq ft) was about 50.9% below the postcode norm. At 81 m² it's 27.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
Sheraton Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Sept 2025
Certificate validity
Expired on 13 September 2025
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Planning history at Sheraton Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at Sheraton Cottage, Roman Road, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7DA
Description: 1 x Ash tree (T1) - crown lift by 5 metres and a 10% crown thin, 1 x Ash tree (T2) - fell, 1 x Ash tree (T3) - fell, 1 x Ash tree (T4) - crown lift by 5 metres, and 1 x Holly tree (T5) - crown reduction by 0.75 metres to the South facing side
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Sheraton Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£414,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -18.7% per year over 1 year.
£98,950
Growth on file: -18.7% per year over 1 year.
10 October 1996Most recent
£98,950
-20.4%over 1 year4 September 1995
£124,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN25 7DA: £520,000 (2026–2019).
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On years held, Sheraton Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,222
Street avg £3,472
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 6.4 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
0.4 km
Fire Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Aldington Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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