2 Downs View Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, ME14 2JB

2 Downs View Road is a semi-detached house in Penenden Heath, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 2JB). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 587 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since February 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £313,000 sits 61.3% above the 2011 sale of £194,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 59.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.