Stone Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EL
About Stone Cottage
Stone Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0EL). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £399,000 is 18.2% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £337,500 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Heating systemGas
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Stone Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Nov 2012RenovationHeritageIn report
An application for listed building consent for replacement of second floor window using single glazing
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/1771
- Dec 2009FullIn report
Erection of three fence panels on boundary between Stone Cottage and Snark Cottage as shown on unnumbered plan, site location plan and design and access statement received 9th October 2009 and supporting statement regarding site boundary received 1st December 2009.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/1832
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
£399,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 22 years.
£337,500
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
10 February 2021Most recent
£337,500
+170.0%over 22 years25 January 1999
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0EL: £275,995 (2021–1997).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Rosemount Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Loose Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB