Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Delcroft is a detached house in Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 1LE). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (131 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 99.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Sold July 2021 for £325,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Delcroft's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 23 April 2030
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3 applications on record at Delcroft, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LE
Outline Planning Permission (with all matters reserved) for the construction of up to 12 residential dwellings alongside associated parking, access and landscaping works. The application includes the demolition of the existing bungalow fronting Woodchurch Road, called Delcroft, in order to construct a new access road serving the proposed dwellings.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£352,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£325,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
29 July 2021Most recent
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN26 1LE: £525,000 (2026–2021).
Sheenam, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LE
Sold May 2026
Kimberley, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LE
Sold Oct 2024
Hurst Farm Bungalow, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LE
Sold Dec 2022
Torteval, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LE
Sold Feb 2022
2 The Fairways, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LE
Sold Sept 2021
Habitable Rooms for Delcroft lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,392
Street avg £3,207
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 149 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
0.1 km
Lonefield — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Chilmington Green School. 2 schools nearby.
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