20 Birling Avenue, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4AJ

20 Birling Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1449 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since December 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 2000–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £510,000 sits 56.9% above the 2009 sale of £325,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£224/sq ft) was about 37.6% below the postcode norm. At 135 m² it's 19.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (113 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).