Old Way House, The Hill, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0LU

Old Way House is a six-bedroom detached house in Charing, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0LU). It has a recorded floor area of 256 m² (around 2756 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 256 m² the property is well over the postcode median (192 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 14 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, an annexe and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £980,000 is 16.7% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 26% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2018 for £840,000.