1 Downs Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, ME14 2JL

1 Downs Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Penenden Heath, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 2JL). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views.

Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 2.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £623,000 is 19.8% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£274/sq ft) was about 45.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold November 2018 for £520,000.