2 Leda Cottages, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0EG

2 Leda Cottages is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Charing, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0EG). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a C (score 72). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 156 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £552,000 is 17.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 71.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £470,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.