Milepost Cottage, Benenden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8BY
About Milepost Cottage
Milepost Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Biddenden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8BY). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Last sale on file: £570,000 in July 2018. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £668,000 is 17.2% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£272/sq ft) was about 15.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
Milepost Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Feb 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2021Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Loft conversion to form bedroom and office accommodation including addition of 2 no. roof dormers; single storey side extension to form dining room; application of cladding to existing external walls; change existing door and window to rear to single glazed door with sidelights.
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/01705/AS
- Mar 2004Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension and conversion of existing garage to living accommodation
Extension- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 04/00180/AS
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£668,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.8% per year over 16 years.
£570,000
Growth on file: 2.8% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
24 July 2018Most recent
£570,000
-5.0%over 10 years17 March 2008
£600,000
+29.0%over 1 year12 February 2007
£465,000
+27.4%over 4 years8 September 2002
£365,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN27 8BY: £757,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in TN27 8BY
Birchwood, Benenden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8BY
Sold Jan 2024
£830,000Clapper Hill Farm, Benenden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8BY
Sold Nov 2019
£825,000Mannering Farm House, Benenden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8BY
Sold Sept 2018
£725,000The Squirrels, Benenden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8BY
Sold Aug 2018
£757,000Midwood, Benenden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8BY
Sold May 2014
£450,000
Versus other Benenden Road homes
Milepost Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,923
Street avg £3,593
Floor Area
195 m²
Street avg 213 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 9.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Castletons Oak — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
John Mayne Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB







