9 Hill Brow, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4AW

9 Hill Brow is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4AW). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £412,000 in March 2022. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 19.1% below the postcode norm.