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

3 Downs View Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Penenden Heath, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 2JB). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £487,000 sits 116.4% above the 2012 sale of £225,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 36.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in March 2012.