Barley Cottage, Bimbury Lane, Detling, Maidstone, ME14 3HX

Barley Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Detling, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 3HX). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1395 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2004–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 41.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2018 for £485,000.