59 Ashford Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4BP

59 Ashford Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4BP). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £810,000 is 11.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£389/sq ft) was about 104.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £725,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.