5 Adelaide Cottages, Lower Road, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0JN
About 5 Adelaide Cottages
5 Adelaide Cottages is a semi-detached house in East Farleigh, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0JN). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.
Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £372,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 84 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£411/sq ft) was about 97.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Adelaide Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 5 Adelaide Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£381,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 25 years.
£372,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
20 July 2022Most recent
£372,000
-2.1%26 April 2022
£380,000
+37.2%over 6 years22 October 2015
£277,000
+13.1%over 8 years23 August 2007
£245,000
+44.1%over 4 years29 August 2002
£170,000
+98.8%over 4 years10 September 1997
£85,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0JN: £285,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in ME15 0JN
1 Adelaide Cottages, Lower Road, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0JN
Sold Jul 2024
£287,5002 Adelaide Cottages, Lower Road, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0JN
Sold Aug 2023
£285,0003 4 Adelaide Cottages, Lower Road, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0JN
Sold Jul 2022
£518,0006 Adelaide Cottages, Lower Road, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0JN
Sold Nov 2006
£193,000
Everything we know about 5 Adelaide Cottages, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Lower Road homes
5 Adelaide Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,429
Street avg £3,942
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 66 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Gallants Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
East Farleigh Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB