Little Dane, Smarden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8JT

Little Dane is a detached house in Biddenden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8JT). It has a recorded floor area of 551 m² (around 5931 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Today's modelled estimate of £1,602,000 is 28% below the 2023 sale of £2,225,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 33.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 551 m² the property is well over the postcode median (151 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: August 2023 at £2,225,000.