Melville House, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3AE

Melville House is a five-bedroom detached house in Bethersden, Ashford, Ashford (TN26 3AE). It has a recorded floor area of 263 m² (around 2827 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 39). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in April 2001. At 263 m² the property is well over the postcode median (165 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 14% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £857,000 sits 114.3% above the 2001 sale of £400,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£142/sq ft) was about 59.6% below the postcode norm. 23 planning records sit against the property, 17 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory, partial demolition and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.