Thatch Cottage, Church Hill, Charing Heath, Ashford, TN27 0BU

Thatch Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Charing Heath, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 219 m² (around 2357 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil.

Across 1997–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £911,000 sits 75.2% above the 2015 sale of £520,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£221/sq ft) was about 31.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2018. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 219 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (183 m² median across 8 EPCs). On the market in October 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.