1 Ashenden, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8RT
About 1 Ashenden
1 Ashenden is a semi-detached house in Smarden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8RT). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
1 Ashenden sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Jan 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Ashenden has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2014ConservatoryOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Notification of a Proposed Larger Home Extension - Erection of a conservatory to the rear elevation (depth 4m x height 3.2m x eaves 2.25m)
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00022/GPDE/AS
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Sales history & valuation
1 Ashenden has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£316,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN27 8RT: £235,959 (2021–2015).
Nearby sales in TN27 8RT
Versus other Ashenden homes
EPC Rating for 1 Ashenden lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
34 (F)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 81 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
The Chequers Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Smarden Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB







