28 Chaplin Drive, Headcorn, Ashford, TN27 9TN

28 Chaplin Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Headcorn, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 9TN). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). Sold April 2021 for £416,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £462,000 is 11.1% above the 2021 sale price.