CT18 8NL
Last sold £243,775 in January 2021
8, James Close, Folkestone
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Floor area
- 1,066 sq ft / 99 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 107m — higher than about 70% of homes in Folkestone
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Price history in context
- Jan 2021 — £243,775 · −7.1% · 27 pts behind the UK market
- Mar 2016 — £262,500
What this home might be worth today
£288,000
Estimate range £274,000–£303,000
+18.3% since January 2021 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 12 nearby sales within a year · 3-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Stowting Church of England Primary School 3.9km
- Lyminge Church of England Primary School 5-min walk
- Sandling station 4.4km
- Postling Wood 1.3km
- The coast (coastline) 6.8km
- Lake 4.8km
- Pond 639m
- Canal 6.3km
- East Brook 312m
- Public Park 198m
- Playing Field 183m
- Shop 4.7km
- Silverlands Road (Opp) 345m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
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 Sandling, 4.4km away
- 63 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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,800 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 5% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 37 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 6, James Close, Folkestone £156,000 · 2002
- 9, James Close, Folkestone £159,950 · 2005
- 3, James Close, Folkestone £338,000 · 2020
- 5, James Close, Folkestone £250,000 · 2011
- 20, Palm Tree Way, Folkestone £107,000 · 2005
- 16, Palm Tree Way, Folkestone £389,000 · 2021
Planning activity nearby
- Conditions Side and rear single storey extension along with proposed porch and relocation of… May 2025 source
- Conditions Insertion of a new door opening, installation of an external access ramp and steps to the… May 2026 source
- Conditions Works to trees the subject of TPO No. 06 of 2002 Beach crown reduction of approx 3 to 4… Aug 2025 source
- Permitted Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for the retention of a fully retractable awning… Oct 2025 source
- Rejected Lawful development certificate (existing) for the retention of retractable awning to… Aug 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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