Towns and villages

We are based in Ashford and survey homes across the town and the villages around it. Pick your area for a local guide, or see all our how-to guides.

Egerton

Village west of Ashford with its own conservation area. Older walls, gutters and condensation are the main themes.

Pluckley

Village about five miles west of Ashford beside the Kent Downs, with buildings from several centuries.

Willesborough

Eastern suburb of Ashford with a stream running through it. Condensation first, flood talk second.

Kennington

Fast-growing suburb north of the M20 with several new estates. Airtight new-build condensation is the main theme.

Great Chart

Historic village street with ragstone cottages beside the modern Singleton estate. Two eras, two damp problems.

Charing

Pilgrims' Way village under the North Downs scarp, with timber-framed houses and a conservation area.

Wye

Medieval village in a gap in the North Downs, where old structures often hide behind newer fronts.

Tenterden

Weald market town with the district's largest conservation area, weatherboard and tile-hung buildings.

Bethersden

Wealden clay village known for Bethersden marble, five miles west of Ashford. Drainage and wet ground come first.

Hamstreet

Where the Wealden hills meet the Romney Marsh flats, six miles south of Ashford, with weatherboard houses and a railway station.

Smarden

Weald village west of Ashford with 15th and 16th century timber-framed houses and seasonal headwaters of the Medway and Stour.

Biddenden

Large Wealden village north of Tenterden, with fine houses built on its old cloth trade. Older walls and condensation are the main themes.

Aldington

Village south-east of Ashford on an escarpment above Romney Marsh, with many older buildings. Older walls, gutters and condensation are the main themes.

Mersham

Old agricultural village on the East Stour south-east of Ashford, with a Saxon past and a Grade I church. Older walls and condensation are the main themes.

Kingsnorth

Village and parish adjoining Ashford, with an old core and large housing estates. Condensation and older walls are the main themes.

Ashford town itself is covered on the home page. Not listed? Ask us; we will tell you plainly if you are outside our area.

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