CT20 3DE
Last sold £475,000 in March 2021
3, Encombe, Folkestone
- Property type
- Bungalow
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,066 sq ft / 99 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
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Price history in context
- Mar 2021 — £475,000 · +227.6% · 50 pts ahead of the UK market
- Aug 2000 — £145,000 · +65.7% · 26 pts ahead of the UK market
- Sep 1997 — £87,500
What this home might be worth today
£552,000
Estimate range £524,000–£579,000
+16.2% since March 2021 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 11 nearby sales within a year · 3-bed (est.) bungalow within 1 km
The life around it
- The Folkestone School for Girls 1.0km
- Cheriton Primary School 1.6km
- Folkestone West station 1.7km
- Paraker Wood 1.4km
- The coast (coastline) 125m
- The Hart Reservoir 3.1km
- Pond 962m
- Canal 1.1km
- Royal Military Canal 1.1km
- Public Park 972m
- Sandgate Recreation Ground 478m
- Shop 495m
- Brewer's Hill (Adj) 144m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 66.7% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 66.7% of premises — not all
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 83.3% of premises — not all
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Folkestone West, 1.7km away
- 53 min London
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
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1 The Folkestone School for Girls · Secondary · Girls 0.6 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 61.8 — top 20% nationally (2023)
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3 Seabrook Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.8 miles State Ofsted Good
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 156 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 2, Encombe, Folkestone £685,000 · 2024
- 14, Encombe, Folkestone £575,000 · 2022
- 7, Encombe, Folkestone £205,000 · 2014
- 12, Encombe, Folkestone £287,500 · 2019
- Encombe Lodge, Sandgate Esplanade, Folkestone £1,037,500 · 2024
- 17, Encombe, Folkestone £605,000 · 2015
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Approval of details pursuant to conditions 10 (Landscaping Plan) of planning permission… Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Approval of details pursuant to conditions 3 (external materials), 4 (slope stability), 5… Oct 2025 source
- Rejected Application for prior approval under schedule 2, part 1 - class AA (General permitted… May 2026 source
- Rejected First floor extension including balcony, solar panels to roof and front extension to… Mar 2026 source
- Conditions Demolition and rebuilding of existing house with side 2 storey extension. Aug 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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