The Retreat, Woodchurch Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LE

The Retreat is a four-bedroom detached house in Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 1LE). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

11 years since the last transfer (May 2015). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 140 m² it's 25.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £588,000 is 17.6% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 18.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.