Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
17 Charlton Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in West Farleigh, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0NX). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£415/sq ft) was about 54.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £460,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
17 Charlton Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 8 November 2031
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17 Charlton Lane has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Latest sale on 17 Charlton Lane was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£479,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 18 years.
£460,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 18 years.
11 March 2022Most recent
£460,000
+119.0%over 17 years4 July 2004
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0NX: £390,000 (2023–2014).
1 Charlton Lane, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NX
Sold Aug 2023
13 Charlton Lane, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NX
Sold Jun 2022
7 Charlton Lane, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NX
Sold Feb 2021
11 Charlton Lane, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NX
Sold Mar 2015
Council Cottages, 4 Charlton Lane, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0NX
Sold Jul 2014
On price per m², 17 Charlton Lane stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,466
Street avg £3,553
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 5.0 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
0.1 km
Goulston Bungalows — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
East Farleigh Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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