4 Shingle Barn Farm Cottages, Smiths Hill, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0PH
About 4 Shingle Barn Farm Cottages
4 Shingle Barn Farm Cottages is a semi-detached house in West Farleigh, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0PH). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 1998–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £408,000 is 25.8% below the 2017 sale of £550,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£616/sq ft) was about 137.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in March 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. At 83 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (104 m² median across 3 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
4 Shingle Barn Farm Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Aug 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2022Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Erection of a part single front/side extension and part two storey side extension, and part single/part two storey rear extension, incorporating loft space to create additional bedrooms and conversion of cellar to study.
Extension- Documents
- 24 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/502992/FULL
- Mar 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Construction of two storey rear and side extension, and construction of replacement detached garage.
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/500425/FULL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Shingle Barn Farm Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£408,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.8% per year over 19 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 9.8% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
2 March 2017Most recent
£550,000
+139.1%over 14 years23 June 2002
£229,995
+148.6%over 4 years9 January 1998
£92,500
Median price across the last 3 sales in ME15 0PH: £375,000 (2022–2011).
Nearby sales in ME15 0PH
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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 Smiths Hill homes
Price per m² for 4 Shingle Barn Farm Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,627
Street avg £2,882
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 7.6 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
0.1 km
Shingle Barn Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB