2 Bakers Bridge Cottages, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8NJ

2 Bakers Bridge Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Smarden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1233 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since June 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £536,000 sits 366.1% above the 1996 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£93/sq ft) was about 73.5% below the postcode norm. At 115 m² it sits well below the postcode median (179 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.