Vine Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EJ

Vine Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 106 m² it's 27.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £510,000 is 29.8% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 28% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in January 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.