48 Salts Avenue, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0AY

48 Salts Avenue is a detached house in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0AY). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 55 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (55–291 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58).

Today's modelled estimate of £173,000 is 61.6% below the 2025 sale of £450,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£760/sq ft) was about 178.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (134 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer was February 2025 at £450,000 — fresh data.