3 Forge Cottages, The Green, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4DU

3 Forge Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4DU). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £485,000. 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. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£410/sq ft) was about 85.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.