5 Kirkdale Cottages, Kirkdale, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EA

5 Kirkdale Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0EA). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 111), a 4-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On the market in January 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2003–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year.