5 The Laxey, Tovil, Maidstone, ME15 6FX

5 The Laxey is a four-bedroom detached house in Tovil, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 6FX). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory, a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.

At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £456,000 is 32.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£272/sq ft) was about 31.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in March 2017.