Snailswood Farm House, Tally Ho Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1HW

Snailswood Farm House is a three-bedroom detached house in Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 1HW). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 834 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in August 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £573,000 sits 272.1% above the 1995 sale of £154,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£185/sq ft) was about 19.4% below the postcode norm. At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (151 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.