3 Retreat Cottages, Hilltop, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0QN
About 3 Retreat Cottages
3 Retreat Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0QN). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 101), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £539,000 is 15.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£831/sq ft) was about 115.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Retreat Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Rear first floor extension above existing single storey.
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/506415/FULL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£539,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 14 years.
£465,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
16 January 2018Most recent
£465,000
-13.1%over 13 years20 June 2004
£535,000
+84.5%over 6 months19 December 2003
£289,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0QN: £595,000 (2022–2014).
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Sold Dec 2021
£915,0002 Retreat Cottages, Hilltop, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0QN
Sold Mar 2021
£390,0001 Retreat Cottages, Hilltop, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0QN
Sold Aug 2017
£622,500
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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
1.0 km
Good Intent — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
East Farleigh Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB