Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Mill Cottage is a detached house in West Farleigh, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0NF). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£646/sq ft) was about 133.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £640,000 in February 2020.
Mill Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Certificate validity
Valid until 26 April 2027
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Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
1 application on record at Mill Cottage, Tutsham Farm, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NF
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a two storey rear extension.
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Latest sale on Mill Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£685,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 2 years.
£640,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 2 years.
7 February 2020Most recent
£640,000
+13.3%over 2 years23 August 2017
£565,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0NF: £380,000 (2021–2010).
2 Mill Cottages, Tutsham Farm, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NF
Sold Apr 2021
4 Mill Cottages, Tutsham Farm, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NF
Sold Sept 2018
3 Mill Cottages, Tutsham Farm, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NF
Sold Dec 2010
5 Mill Cottages, Tutsham Farm, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NF
Sold Jul 2002
6 Mill Cottages, Tutsham Farm, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NF
Sold Aug 1998
Price per m² for Mill Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,957
Street avg £3,530
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
414/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
The Street — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Wateringbury Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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