Horseshoe Cottage, Dean Street, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0PR

Horseshoe Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in East Farleigh, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0PR). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views.

At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 13 planning records sit against the property, 11 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2019–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£452/sq ft) was about 124.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2023 for £735,000.