Stone Cottage, Salts Lane, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0BD

Stone Cottage is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0BD). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Most recent transfer was June 2025 at £565,000 — fresh data. 8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 79 m² it sits well below the postcode median (144 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2010–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£664/sq ft) was about 148.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.