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Forge Cottage, Ruckinge Road, Bilsington, Ashford, TN25 7JX

3 planning records

Estimated value

£239,000

  • Since the 2024 sale (£180,000)+33%
  • Against TN25 7JX's recent median (£245,000)-2%

Newest record on this page: June 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
2
Floor area
87 m²
936 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 22
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Valuation

About this valuation

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Our estimate

£239,000

  • Against its 2024 sale (£180,000)+33%
  • Against TN25 7JX's recent median (£245,000)-2%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for Forge Cottage is modelled from its 87 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in TN25 7JX. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.

What it's based on

  • Floor area

    87 m² from the EPC lodged in June 2024

  • Sales of this home

    1 sale recorded, the latest in 2024

  • Recent sales in TN25 7JX

    5 sales, median £245,000 (2021–2003)

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DataThis pageFull report
SalesLatest sale shown: September 2024Latest available records, read when you order
ValuationEstimate from the last refreshAnalysed against comparable sales
Planning1 of 3 applicationsFull history, plus nearby schemes
Flood riskNot shownIncluded
Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sales timeline

  1. 8 September 2024Most recent

    £180,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in TN25 7JX: £245,000 (2021–2003).

Risks

What this page doesn't show

Nothing is flagged from the data on this page, but these checks are only run in the report. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
  • Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
  • Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
  • Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report

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Overview

About Forge Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Forge Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bilsington, Ashford, Ashford (TN25 7JX). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 87 m² it's 27.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 5 EPCs). 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, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £239,000 is 32.8% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 25.3% below the postcode norm. Sold September 2024 for £180,000.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • LoftYes

Outside

  • Private gardenFront and rear
  • ParkingOff road

Building

  • Period featuresYes
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Forge Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

Current Certificate
Jun 2024

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
F22
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
5.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 27 June 2034

7 years remaining
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Forge Cottage, Ruckinge Road, Bilsington, Ashford, TN25 7JX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Forge Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.

3 applications on record at Forge Cottage, Ruckinge Road, Bilsington, Ashford, TN25 7JX

3decisions1extensions23documents
Flagged:Listed building
  1. Mar 2025
    RenovationHeritage
    Outcome in report

    Listed building consent for internal alterations including the removal/alterations to internal walls, staircase, new ground floor wc and the creation of 1 no dormer and 3 rooflights to the 1st floor bedroom.

    Listed
    Documents
    8 docs on file
    Reference
    PA/2024/1936
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  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. ConditionsDecision
  4. Loft ConversionDecision

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On the street

Versus other Ruckinge Road homes

Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

EPC Rating for Forge Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.

EPC Rating

22 (F)

Street avg 60 (D)

Strongly below

Floor Area

87 m²

Street avg 117 m²

Below

CO₂ Emissions

5.6 t/year

Street avg 5.3 t/year

Above

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

On par
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Ashford district page.
Full Ashford report

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

0.1 km

The White Horse — bus stop.

Nearest stops

  • The White HorseBus stop92m
  • Marsh RoadBus stop1.6km
  • Marsh RoadBus stop1.6km
  • Easton's CornerBus stop2.2km

Most reported crime locally

  • Violence & Sexual Offences363 reports44%
  • Anti-social Behaviour107 reports13%
  • Criminal Damage & Arson83 reports10%
  • Other Theft63 reports8%

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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around TN25 7JX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for TN25 7JX

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for TN25 7JX

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.7dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC FPre-1919 buildNo mains gasSolid (non-cavity) walls

Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.

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Comparables

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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
Valuation method in detail
How the estimate is made
The estimate for Forge Cottage is modelled from its 87 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in TN25 7JX. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Where sold prices come from
Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 1 sale is recorded for Forge Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC
Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Forge Cottage was lodged in June 2024 at band F and is valid until June 2034. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records
Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 3 applications are matched to Forge Cottage. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures
Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 13 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. Schools and stops are measured in a straight line from TN25 7JX. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
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