Flat 1, 163 Union Street, Maidstone, ME14 1EY

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Maidstone (ME14 1EY). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 543 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 50 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (24–50 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a basement. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (93 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £125,000 in November 2019. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2024. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 is 14.4% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£230/sq ft) was about 15.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.