Handen Farm, Bank Road, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 7DE

Handen Farm is a detached house in Aldington, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 7DE). It has a recorded floor area of 304 m² (around 3272 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Today's modelled estimate of £1,053,000 is 29.8% below the 2022 sale of £1,500,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£458/sq ft) was about 146.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 304 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £1,500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.