Springhead, Salts Lane, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0BD

Springhead is a three-bedroom detached house in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0BD). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since May 2022. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 63), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since November 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 196 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £789,000 sits 116.2% above the 1999 sale of £365,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 39.9% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.