Cage Lane Cottage, Cage Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QD

Cage Lane Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Smarden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8QD). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £353,000 sits 51.8% above the 2008 sale of £232,500.