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About 1 Forge Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Forge Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4DU). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. 4 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. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £490,000 in January 2022. Across the public record there are 4 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.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Forge Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E52
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
6.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Forge Cottages, The Green, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4DU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
1 Forge Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Mar 2016ConservatoryHeritageGranted
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
1 Forge Cottages has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 21 years.
Last sold (2022)
£490,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
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The complete analysis of 1 Forge Cottages, The Green, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4DU
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bearsted Green — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME14 4DU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB
Everything within walking distance
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