What kind of home is Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN?

Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house.

When did Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN last change hands?

Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN last sold for £480,000 in December 2025. Land Registry has 5 sales on record going back to £104,500 in June 1998. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN?

Across 5 sales between June 1998 and December 2025, Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN rose from £104,500 to £480,000, a change of £375,500. That works out to roughly +5.7% per year compounded over 28 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN have?

The current EPC rating for Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN is E with a score of 51 out of 100, lodged in April 2021. The assessor estimates the property could reach a A. Source: EPC Register.

How big is Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN?

Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (764 sq ft), around 24 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 43% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in ME15 0EN. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN use?

The latest EPC at Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What planning history does Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN have?

Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN has council approval for rear extension granted in April 2005 under ref. 05/0509. Source: PlanIt planning register.

Which area is Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN in?

Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN sits in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone. It falls within the ME15 postcode district in Kent.

How safe is the area around Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN?

Police records around Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN show an average of 414 reported crimes per month over the last 14 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 37% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is falling (15% versus the prior period). Source: Police UK.

What schools are near Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN?

The closest primary school to Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN is Loose Primary School (895m), one of 10 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Cornwallis Academy (1.1km), with 2 secondaries in the surrounding area.

What is the nearest station to Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN?

The closest bus stop to Pipers Cottage, Well Street, ME15 0EN is Rosemount Close, 418m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Pipers Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EN

5 sales on record1 planning record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

71 m²

764 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 51

Tenure

Owner Occupied

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Overview

About Pipers Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Pipers Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0EN). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 112), a 4-band jump.

A recent sale: £480,000 in December 2025. At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£628/sq ft) was about 87.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms3

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

Current Certificate

Apr 2021

EPC Rating

E51

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

4.2 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 28 April 2031

4 years remaining

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Pipers Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Pipers Cottage has an approved rear extension on the planning record.

1 application on record at Pipers Cottage, Well Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 0EN

1decisions1extensions4documents1nearby

Apr 2005
ConservatoryFull
Outcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of a rear conservatory as shown on drawing numbers P01 and P02 received on 04.03.05.
Extension
Documents
4 docs on file
Reference
05/0509
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Price for Pipers Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.

Current estimate

£471,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 28 years.

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Last sold (2025)

£480,000

Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 28 years.

Sales timeline

18 December 2025Most recent
£480,000
+12.9%over 4 years
14 September 2021
£425,000
+103.8%over 18 years
13 December 2002
£208,500
+33.7%over 10 months
12 February 2002
£156,000
+49.3%over 3 years
11 June 1998
£104,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0EN: £490,000 (2022–2017).

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On the street

Versus other Well Street homes

Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Pipers Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£6,761

Street avg £4,207

Strongly above

Floor Area

71 m²

Street avg 132 m²

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

4.2 t/year

Street avg 3.3 t/year

Below

Years Held

1 years

Street avg 6 years

Strongly below

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Area

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Full Maidstone report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

414/mo

Falling 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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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME15 0EN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.5dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME15 0EN

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.4dB

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