Bailiffs Cottage, Shingle Barn Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0QR
About Bailiffs Cottage
Bailiffs Cottage is a detached house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0QR). It has a recorded floor area of 210 m² (around 2260 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 210 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Bailiffs Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Aug 2015PorchFullIn report
Demolition of existing conservatory. Orangery extension. Detached garage. New porch. external and internal alterations.
ExtensionDemolition- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/504059/FULL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Bailiffs Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£925,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Everything we know about Bailiffs Cottage, in one report
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 Shingle Barn Lane homes
Bailiffs Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
210 m²
Street avg 98 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
0.9 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
42.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB