Featherstone House, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QT

Featherstone House is a five-bedroom detached house in Smarden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8QT). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 212 m² the property is well over the postcode median (118 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £835,000 is 41.5% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 19.3% below the postcode norm. Last sold in December 2011, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.