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

2 Retreat Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0QN). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 89 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £443,000 is 13.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£407/sq ft) was about 39.6% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £390,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.