Forsters Cottage, Water Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SG

Forsters Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0SG). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £985,000 sits 82.4% above the 2006 sale of £540,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£250/sq ft) was about 22.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 planning records sit against the property, 10 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.