Chessenden House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8NB

Chessenden House is a five-bedroom detached house in Smarden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8NB). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2223 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 39). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 206 m² the property is well over the postcode median (151 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 29 planning records sit against the property, 15 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a basement excavation and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. 13 years since the last transfer (May 2013). Today's modelled estimate of £1,242,000 is 35% above the 2013 sale price.