18 Bank Side, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2EZ

18 Bank Side is an end-of-terrace house in Hamstreet, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 2EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 55 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 54–88 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (34 versus a best of 73).

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £185,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£312/sq ft) was about 42.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.