12 Bensted Close, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SD

12 Bensted Close is a semi-detached house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0SD). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on wood pellets in bags for secondary heating. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £447,000 sits 435.3% above the 1997 sale of £83,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£47/sq ft) was about 82.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.