Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Elphicks Barn is a four-bedroom detached house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0SG). It has a recorded floor area of 289 m² (around 3111 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
Across 1996–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,176,000 is 16% below the 2025 sale of £1,400,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£450/sq ft) was about 121% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 289 m² the property is well over the postcode median (159 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. A recent sale: £1,400,000 in June 2025. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused.
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Elphicks Barn's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 23 April 2034
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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A recent planning application at Elphicks Barn was refused — worth checking the council file.
6 applications on record at Elphicks Barn, Water Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SG
1 live nowApplication to discharge conditions relating to MA/11/1340 (Erection of a single storey side extension) - submission of details received on 2nd February 2012 pursuant to condition 2 materials
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Latest sale on Elphicks Barn was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,176,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.6% per year over 29 years.
£1,400,000
Growth on file: 9.6% per year over 29 years.
29 June 2025Most recent
£1,400,000
+330.8%over 27 years28 July 1997
£325,000
+242.1%over 1 year7 February 1996
£95,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0SG: £250,000 (2019–2007).
Shepherds Oast, Water Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SG
Sold Jun 2019
1 Shepherds Cottages, Water Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SG
Sold Jun 2013
Elphicks Farm, Goldings, Water Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SG
Sold Nov 2010
2 Shepherds Cottages, Water Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SG
Sold May 2007
Forsters Cottage, Water Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SG
Sold Apr 2006
On years held, Elphicks Barn runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,844
Street avg £3,007
Floor Area
289 m²
Street avg 346 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 11.2 t/year
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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
1.0 km
Bensted Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Hunton Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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