2 Hope Cottage, Charing Hill, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0NF

2 Hope Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Charing, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0NF). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £418,000 is 13% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £370,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.