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3 Bakery Cottages, Chatham Road, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3BE

3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
End terrace
Bedrooms
4
Floor area
112 m²
1209 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 54
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 3 Bakery Cottages

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

3 Bakery Cottages is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Sandling, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 3BE). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1209 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in February 2010. Across 1998–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £421,000 sits 50.4% above the 2010 sale of £280,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 25.6% below the postcode norm. At 112 m² it's 29.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

  • Bedrooms4
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

3 Bakery Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Aug 2019

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E54
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Early 20th centuryEnd-Terrace HouseEPC E

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 3 Bakery Cottages, Chatham Road, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3BE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 application on record at 3 Bakery Cottages, Chatham Road, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3BE

1decisions10documents3nearby
  1. Jun 2017
    OutbuildingFull
    Outcome in report

    Erection of a wooden double garage

    Documents
    10 docs on file
    Reference
    17/501411/FULL
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

3 Bakery Cottages has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.

Current estimate

£421,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 12 years.

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Last sold (2010)

£280,000

Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 12 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 5 February 2010Most recent

    £280,000

    +12.0%over 5 years

  2. 9 September 2004

    £249,995

    +112.8%over 6 years

  3. 26 July 1998

    £117,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME14 3BE: £319,000 (2024–2014).

On the street

Versus other Chatham Road homes

Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 3 Bakery Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,493

Street avg £3,658

Strongly below

Floor Area

112 m²

Street avg 97 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

6.4 t/year

Street avg 4.5 t/year

Below
Before you decide

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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£540k

1 Chiltern Place, The Street, Detling

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1 Bakery Cottages, Chatham Road, Sandling

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£464k

1 Black Cottages, Lidsing Road, Boxley

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£468k

1 New Cottages, Old Chatham Road, Sandling

ME14 3AJ

3 bed1 bath
£500k

1 Orchard View, Detling

ME14 3NR

3 bed
£400k

1 Friars Cottage, Thurnham Lane, Thurnham

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2 bed1 bath
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Maidstone district page.
Full Maidstone report

Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.

Crime

6/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Tyland Barn — bus stop.

Closest school

2.1 km

Sandling Primary School. 9 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME14 3BE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for ME14 3BE

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

56.9dB

Moderate
Night-time road noise heatmap for ME14 3BE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

50.4dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 3 Bakery Cottages, Chatham Road, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3BE. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.