2 North View Cottages, Forge Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0HJ

2 North View Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in East Farleigh, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.

Held since December 2010 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £250,000 sits 100% above the 2010 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£200/sq ft) was about 28.5% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.