CT19 5PS
Last sold £445,000 in April 2025
81, Downs Road, Folkestone
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 4 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,173 sq ft / 109 sq m
- Plot area
- about 5,400 sq ft / 500 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
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Price history in context
- Today — see what it's worth now
- Nov 2004 — £213,000
- Nov 2011 — £240,000 · +12.7% · 2 pts ahead of the UK market
- Apr 2025 — £445,000 · +85.4% · 17 pts ahead of the UK market
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 73 nearby sales within a year · 4-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Mundella Primary School is a 8-minute walk, crossing no major roads.
- The Beacon Folkestone is a 6-minute walk, crossing no major roads.
- Folkestone Central station is a 18-minute walk, crossing no major roads.
- KILLING WOOD is 2.1km away.
- The coast (coastline) is 1.4km away.
- The Hart Reservoir is 1.6km away.
- Boating Pond is 633m away.
- Canal is 4.3km away.
- Pent Stream is 459m away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
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 Central, 1.1km away
- 56 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.
Nearby schools
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Ofsted inspected Jun 2024 (ungraded framework — School remains Outstanding)Attainment 8: 0.5 (2023)is a 6-minute walk, crossing no major roads.
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Mundella Primary School · primaryOfsted Good (inspected May 2024)is a 8-minute walk, crossing no major roads.
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Stella Maris Catholic Primary School · primaryOfsted inspected Jun 2023 (ungraded framework — School remains Good)is a 13-minute walk, crossing no major roads.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 74 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
Planning activity nearby
- Single storey front porch extension and new roof to existing bay window. — Conditions, Oct 2025 source
- Approval of details pursuant to condition 11 (arboricultural mitigation) of planning… — Permitted, Apr 2025 source
- Non Material Amendment to planning permission Y19/0704/FH to amend wording of condition… — Permitted, Mar 2025 source
- Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for the excavation and installation of drainage… — Permitted, Aug 2025 source
- Approval of details pursuant to conditions 7 (service margins), 15 (water usage) in part,… — Permitted, May 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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