8 Cosway Cottage, Bonnington Road, Bilsington, Ashford, TN25 7JU

8 Cosway Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bilsington, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 7JU). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 113 m² it's 21.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 sits 53.2% above the 2013 sale of £226,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 15.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in August 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.