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Get started5 Smarts Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4EA). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
It hasn't traded since July 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 16.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £352,000 sits 181.6% above the 2000 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 54.6% below the postcode norm. At 67 m² it's 17.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 7 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Latest sale on 5 Smarts Cottages was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£352,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.4% per year over 3 years.
£125,000
Growth on file: 16.4% per year over 3 years.
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Price per m² for 5 Smarts Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,866
Street avg £4,789
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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21 July 2000Most recent
£125,000
+54.3%over 2 years12 September 1997
£81,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME14 4EA: £489,000 (2025–2016).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 4.5 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