3 Brook Cottages, Forge Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0HL
About 3 Brook Cottages
3 Brook Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in East Farleigh, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0HL). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£450/sq ft) was about 36.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £315,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Apr 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Brook Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
3 Brook Cottages changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£322,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 6 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
3 April 2022Most recent
£315,000
+16.7%over 11 months18 April 2021
£270,000
+13.9%over 4 years11 August 2016
£237,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0HL: £210,000 (2023–2012).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
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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
0.1 km
Forge Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
East Farleigh Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB