4 Rippers Cross Cottage, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EW

4 Rippers Cross Cottage is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hothfield, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 1EW). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2006–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £457,000 sits 68.3% above the 2016 sale of £271,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£219/sq ft) was about 37% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in February 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.