12 Mansion House Close, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8DE

12 Mansion House Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Biddenden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8DE). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in October 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1996–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £321,000 sits 73.5% above the 2008 sale of £185,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 26.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (107 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.