Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Farthings Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Sandling, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 3DB). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views.
Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£483/sq ft) was about 46% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Jul 2023
Certificate validity
Expired on 3 July 2023
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2 Farthings Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£251,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 5 years.
£260,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 5 years.
1 November 2022Most recent
£260,000
+33.3%over 5 years27 July 2017
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME14 3DB: £240,000 (2025–2022).
1 Farthings Cottages, Grange Lane, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3DB
Sold Feb 2025
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Sold Dec 2024
6 Farthings Cottages, Grange Lane, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3DB
Sold Jun 2024
3 Farthings Cottages, Grange Lane, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3DB
Sold Oct 2023
5 Farthings Cottages, Grange Lane, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3DB
Sold Jul 2021
2 Farthings Cottages outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,200
Street avg £4,415
Floor Area
50 m²
Street avg 53 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 2.3 t/year
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Crime
236/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
The Running Horse — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Sandling Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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