Manor Cottage, Church Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EL

Manor Cottage is a detached house in Hothfield, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 1EL). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, a conservatory and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 157 m² it's 21.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (199 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £613,000 is 29.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 19.4% below the postcode norm. On the market in September 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.