Kettle Farm Cottage, Kettle Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0JU

Kettle Farm Cottage is a seven-bedroom detached house in East Farleigh, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0JU). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 103), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since October 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 110 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 41.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,423,000 is 47.5% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£815/sq ft) was about 245.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.