Milton Cottage, Charing Hill, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0NF

Milton Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Charing, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0NF). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2017 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold January 2021 for £599,950. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £732,000 is 22% above the 2021 sale price.