28 Ware Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4PQ
About 28 Ware Street
28 Ware Street is an end-of-terrace house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 94 m² it's 25.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 27 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 15 planning records sit against the property, 13 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £497,825 in March 2024. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2003–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£492/sq ft) was about 91.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
28 Ware Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Oct 2018
EPC Rating
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Planning history
A recent planning application at 28 Ware Street was refused — worth checking the council file.
15 applications on record at 28 Ware Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4PQ
- Sept 2018RenovationHeritageOutcome in report
Listed Building Consent for the change of window colour from the existing brown colour to Green (Farrow & Ball Churlish Green 251).
Listed- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/503006/LBC
- More recent applications — locked
- HeritageNov 2022Decision
- FullNov 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
28 Ware Street has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
£528,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 20 years.
£497,825
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
20 March 2024Most recent
£497,825
+27.6%over 6 years11 May 2017
£390,000
+56.0%over 8 years9 January 2009
£250,000
-11.1%over 3 years22 March 2005
£281,250
+30.8%over 1 year23 October 2003
£215,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME14 4PQ: £410,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in ME14 4PQ
56 Ware Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4PQ
Sold Sept 2025
£415,00058 Ware Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4PQ
Sold Jan 2025
£300,00054 Ware Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4PQ
Sold Nov 2024
£410,00062 Ware Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4PQ
Sold Oct 2022
£486,00012 Ware Street, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4PQ
Sold Aug 2021
£260,000
Versus other Ware Street homes
28 Ware Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,293
Street avg £3,639
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
0.2 km
Railway Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Thurnham Church of England Infant School. 10 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB







