Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Moat Farm Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 1LY). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on biomass. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Across 1996–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £591,000 is 11.1% below the 2024 sale of £665,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 96.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold August 2024 for £665,000.
2 Moat Farm Cottage's carbon output is low for the local stock.
Certificate validity
Valid until 2 July 2033
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2 Moat Farm Cottage has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
3 applications on record at 2 Moat Farm Cottage, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1LY
Extension: Side of property
2 Storey side extension to provide additional living and bedroom accommodation
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2 Moat Farm Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£591,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 28 years.
£665,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 28 years.
8 August 2024Most recent
£665,000
+137.5%over 19 years2 June 2005
£280,000
+291.6%over 8 years19 June 1996
£71,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN26 1LY: £625,000 (2025–2019).
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Sold Jun 2019
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Sold Dec 2018
On years held, 2 Moat Farm Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,854
Street avg £4,582
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.1 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
1.4 km
Park Farm Close — bus stop.
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