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Get started2 Smarts Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4EA). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 8.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£502/sq ft) was about 69.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £400,000 in December 2019.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
2 Smarts Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension and garden wall to rear
2 Smarts Cottages saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£432,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.8% per year over 6 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 8.8% per year over 6 years.
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EPC Rating for 2 Smarts Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,405
Street avg £3,904
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
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.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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9 December 2019Most recent
£400,000
15 December 2016
£400,000
+68.8%over 3 years3 October 2013
£237,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME14 4EA: £489,000 (2025–2014).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
ME14 4BA
Closest school
0.7 km
Thurnham Church of England Infant School. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB