Bishops Cottage, Bishops Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SH

Bishops Cottage is a detached house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0SH). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 40). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £696,000 sits 63.8% above the 2010 sale of £425,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 87.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 102 m² it sits well below the postcode median (195 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).