Capel Lodge, Newlands Stud, Newlands Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0AR

Capel Lodge is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Charing, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0AR). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 182 m² it's 20.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (230 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £660,000 is 26.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 16.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £520,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.