14 Caring Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4NJ

14 Caring Lane is a detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 195 m² the property is well over the postcode median (134 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 52.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £975,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.