53 Ashford Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4BP

53 Ashford Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4BP). It has a recorded floor area of 187 m² (around 2013 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2017); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 187 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold July 2018 for £580,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £743,000 is 28.1% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 34.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.