Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Bramblelea is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 1HU). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Held since November 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2003–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £445,000 sits 123.6% above the 2003 sale of £199,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 44.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (154 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Bramblelea's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Aug 2020
Certificate validity
Expired on 24 August 2020
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Bramblelea has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Bramblelea changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£445,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 1 year.
£199,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 1 year.
27 November 2003Most recent
£199,000
+5.3%over 8 months18 March 2003
£189,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN26 1HU: £675,000 (2025–2015).
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Sold Jul 2025
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Sold Mar 2023
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Sold May 2022
Oakwood, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1HU
Sold Sept 2015
High Ridge, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1HU
Sold Jul 2015
On years held, Bramblelea stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,482
Street avg £3,697
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 177 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
48/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Lonefield — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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