Chestnut Place, Flat 5, Thurnham Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4QZ

Chestnut Place is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 4QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. At 55 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Chestnut Place (55–104 m²). The home occupies a corner plot. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since October 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good.

Held since January 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £226,000 sits 182.5% above the 1999 sale of £80,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£135/sq ft) was about 29% below the postcode norm. At 55 m² it's 27.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 8 EPCs).