3 Lancaster Close, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2JG

3 Lancaster Close is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hamstreet, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 2JG). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Held since December 2009 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 1999–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £260,000 sits 67.7% above the 2009 sale of £155,000. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 84 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).