1 Greens Cottages, Gallants Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0LH
About 1 Greens Cottages
1 Greens Cottages is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in East Farleigh, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0LH). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.
Last changed hands 8 years ago, in December 2017. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 71 m² it's 22.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 6 EPCs). Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £400,000 is 15.9% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 61.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
1 Greens Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Greens Cottages has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2010ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of first floor side extension in accordance with unnumbered existing and proposed plans, block plan, site location plan and application form received 19th July 2010.
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 10/1255
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 1 Greens Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£400,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 21 years.
£345,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
14 December 2017Most recent
£345,000
+84.5%over 12 years9 December 2005
£187,000
+43.9%over 3 years16 May 2002
£129,995
+106.3%over 5 years22 August 1996
£63,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0LH: £275,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in ME15 0LH
3 Greens Cottages, Gallants Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0LH
Sold Jun 2024
£270,0005 Greens Cottages, Gallants Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0LH
Sold Mar 2024
£275,000Albany, Gallants Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0LH
Sold Feb 2019
£440,0006 Greens Cottages, Gallants Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0LH
Sold Nov 2018
£255,000Illetas, Gallants Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0LH
Sold Oct 2017
£295,000
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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 Gallants Lane homes
1 Greens Cottages outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,859
Street avg £3,874
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
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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
0.0 km
Wilsons Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
East Farleigh Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB