Orchard House, Bourne Lane, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2HH

Orchard House is a four-bedroom detached house in Hamstreet, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 2HH). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1773 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 28). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since May 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £670,000 sits 69.6% above the 2010 sale of £395,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£223/sq ft) was about 41.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.