Fallow Acre, Smarden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8JT

Fallow Acre is a three-bedroom detached house in Biddenden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8JT). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2015. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (165 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£707/sq ft) was about 148% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £670,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.