The Rookery, Lughorse Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0QU

The Rookery is a six-bedroom detached house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0QU). It has a recorded floor area of 235 m² (around 2530 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 235 m² the property is well over the postcode median (132 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £945,000 is 15.2% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £820,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.