Retreat, Grigg Lane, Headcorn, Ashford, TN27 9LU

Retreat is a five-bedroom detached house in Headcorn, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 9LU). It has a recorded floor area of 258 m² (around 2777 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 258 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£394/sq ft) was about 31.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £1,094,250. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.