1 Retreat Cottages, Hilltop, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0QN

1 Retreat Cottages is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0QN). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £699,000 is 12.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£386/sq ft) was about 42.8% below the postcode norm. Last sold in August 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.