Medway Cottage, The Priory, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0JH

Medway Cottage is a semi-detached house in East Farleigh, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0JH). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2013. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in May 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 118 m² it's 21.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £473,000 sits 322.3% above the 1998 sale of £112,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 75.9% below the postcode norm.