Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Little Dorritt is a four-bedroom detached house in Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 1HU). It has a recorded floor area of 239 m² (around 2573 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
At 239 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2004–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £752,000 sits 51.9% above the 2014 sale of £495,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 37.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in March 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
Little Dorritt'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 May 2023
Certificate validity
Expired on 1 May 2023
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Little Dorritt has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at Little Dorritt, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1HU
Extension: Single storey
Extension to dwelling consisting of enlargement of existing lounge, kitchen and new garage with 4 bedrooms at 1st floor level
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Little Dorritt has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.
£752,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.4% per year over 10 years.
£495,000
Growth on file: 9.4% per year over 10 years.
12 March 2014Most recent
£495,000
+140.3%over 9 years1 June 2004
£206,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN26 1HU: £675,000 (2025–2015).
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Sold Jul 2025
Highfield, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1HU
Sold Mar 2023
Gateway Farm, Hornash Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1HU
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 price per m², Little Dorritt runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,071
Street avg £3,979
Floor Area
239 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 7.6 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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