Moat Cottage, The Moat, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JJ

Moat Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Charing, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

10 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory, change of use to residential and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £595,000 is 10.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£512/sq ft) was about 196% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £540,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.