Bramley Cottage, Pluckley Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0AQ

Bramley Cottage is a detached house in Charing, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 110 m² it sits well below the postcode median (205 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 10 years since the last transfer (December 2015). Today's modelled estimate of £448,000 is 40% above the 2015 sale price.