16 The Grove, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4JB
About 16 The Grove
16 The Grove is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4JB). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £531,000 is 14.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£491/sq ft) was about 51.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £465,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
A partial demolition application was refused at 16 The Grove in 2021.
4 applications on record at 16 The Grove, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4JB
- Jun 2021DemolitionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Demolition of existing conservatory and garage, and erection of part single, part two storey side and rear extension.
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/502439/FULL
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsJan 2022Decision
- DemolitionNov 2021Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£465,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 May 2021Most recent
£465,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME14 4JB: £593,500 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in ME14 4JB
32 The Grove, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4JB
Sold Feb 2025
£593,5005 The Grove, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4JB
Sold Jan 2025
£625,00017 The Grove, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4JB
Sold Dec 2023
£670,00023 The Grove, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4JB
Sold Aug 2023
£535,00034 The Grove, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4JB
Sold Jul 2023
£590,000
Versus other The Grove homes
16 The Grove outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,284
Street avg £4,243
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
The Rose — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Roseacre Junior School. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







