Palace Corner, The Hill, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0LU

Palace Corner is a five-bedroom detached house in Charing, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0LU). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.

6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£462/sq ft) was about 81.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £955,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.