47 Friars Court, Queen Anne Road, Maidstone, ME14 1ER

47 Friars Court is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Maidstone (ME14 1ER). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. At 59 m² this is the 46th smallest of 47 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–78 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 59 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 is 12.4% above the 2022 sale price. Sold December 2022 for £105,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.