Street Farm Cottage, The Street, Boxley, Maidstone, ME14 3DR

Street Farm Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Boxley, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 3DR). It has a recorded floor area of 193 m² (around 2077 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since August 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 193 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 5 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. Today's modelled estimate of £794,000 sits 97.5% above the 2006 sale of £402,000. 8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.