2 Olivia Cottage, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2QW

2 Olivia Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hamstreet, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 2QW). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

One historical planning record sits against the property in 2026. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 81 m² it's 18.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 5 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £350,000 is 40% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 15.7% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £250,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.