What kind of home is 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET?

5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET is a semi-detached house.

What was the last sold price for 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET?

5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET last sold for £360,000 in April 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 4 sales on record going back to £225,000 in August 2013. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET appreciated in value?

Across 4 sales between August 2013 and April 2022, 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET rose from £225,000 to £360,000, a change of £135,000. That works out to roughly +5.6% per year compounded over 9 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET have?

The current EPC rating for 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET is E with a score of 53 out of 100, lodged in September 2012. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET?

5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (829 sq ft). That makes it about 13% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in ME14 4ET. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET use?

The latest EPC at 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET?

5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET is in council tax band C.

Which area is 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET in?

5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET sits in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone. It falls within the ME14 postcode district in Kent.

Is 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET in a safe area?

Police records around 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET show an average of 6 reported crimes per month over the last 12 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 60% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is rising (383% versus the prior period). Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET?

The closest primary school to 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET is Thurnham Church of England Infant School (903m), one of 6 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is School of Science and Technology Maidstone (2.7km).

How well connected is 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET?

The closest bus stop to 5 Council Houses, The Street, ME14 4ET is Mallings Lane, 69m away. The nearest rail option is Bearsted Rail Station, 510m away.

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5 Council Houses, The Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4ET

4 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Habitable rooms

From EPC

Floor area

77 m²

829 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 53

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 5 Council Houses

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

5 Council Houses is a semi-detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4ET). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Last sale on file: £360,000 in April 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. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 531.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Sept 2022

EPC Rating

E53

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

4.2 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 5 Council Houses, The Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4ET, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

5 Council Houses has no planning applications on record.

A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

5 Council Houses saw 4 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.

Current estimate

£380,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 9 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£360,000

Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 9 years.

Sales timeline

3 April 2022Most recent
£360,000
+28.6%over 5 years
26 May 2016
£279,950
+12.0%over 10 months
21 July 2015
£250,000
+11.1%over 1 year
19 August 2013
£225,000

Median price across the last 4 sales in ME14 4ET: £136,250 (2020–1995).

Nearby sales in ME14 4ET

On the street

Versus other The Street homes

Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

5 Council Houses outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.

EPC Rating

53 (E)

Street avg 66 (D)

Strongly below

Floor Area

77 m²

Street avg 73 m²

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

4.2 t/year

Street avg 3.2 t/year

Below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Strongly above

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Comparables

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A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Maidstone district page.

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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

Mallings Lane — bus stop.

Closest school

0.9 km

Thurnham Church of England Infant School. 7 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME14 4ET from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

51.3dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME14 4ET

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

43.0dB

Low

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