Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Grove Cottage is a six-bedroom detached house in Weavering, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME14 5JW). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 860 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2012) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from February 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £725,000 is 27.2% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£663/sq ft) was about 144.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² it's 16.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 14 EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £570,000 in April 2020.
Grove Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Feb 2022
Certificate validity
Expired on 23 February 2022
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1 application on record at Grove Cottage, Grove Green Lane, Weavering, Maidstone, ME14 5JW
Extension: Side of property
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Latest sale on Grove Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£725,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 7 years.
£570,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 7 years.
8 April 2020Most recent
£570,000
+58.3%over 6 years29 August 2013
£360,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME14 5JW: £490,000 (2024–2014).
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Sold Sept 2020
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Sold Aug 2016
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Sold Jan 2013
Grove Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,132
Street avg £3,898
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
236/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Tesco — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School. 18 schools nearby.
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