5 Oakridge, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2PA

5 Oakridge is an end-of-terrace house in Ruckinge, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 2PA). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since May 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 114 m² it's 29.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £372,000 sits 386.3% above the 1997 sale of £76,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 77.3% below the postcode norm.