The Willows, Station Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0RP

The Willows is a four-bedroom detached house in Pluckley, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0RP). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2024) returns an A (score 99), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since December 2009 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2004–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £626,000 sits 70.1% above the 2009 sale of £368,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 15.3% below the postcode norm.