3 Bensted Close, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SD
About 3 Bensted Close
3 Bensted Close is a semi-detached house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0SD). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 119 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).
Energy performance
3 Bensted Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 28 October 2035
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Planning history
3 Bensted Close has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
3 Bensted Close has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£405,000
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.
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0SD: £385,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in ME15 0SD
5 Bensted Close, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SD
Sold Nov 2023
£425,0007 Bensted Close, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SD
Sold Jun 2021
£425,0004 Bensted Close, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SD
Sold Apr 2021
£310,0009 Bensted Close, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SD
Sold Mar 2021
£357,0001 Bensted Close, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SD
Sold Jun 2020
£385,000
Versus other Bensted Close homes
CO₂ Emissions for 3 Bensted Close lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 99 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 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
414/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bensted Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Hunton Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB







