Heath Cottage, Maidstone Road, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1AN

Heath Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Hothfield, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 1AN). It has a recorded floor area of 186 m² (around 2002 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Untraded for 21 years, with the last transfer in October 2005. At 186 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £556,000 sits 270.7% above the 2005 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 69.5% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.