What type of property is 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF?

13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF is a 4-bedroom detached house.

What did 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF sell for?

13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF last sold for £310,000 in April 2004, around 22 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £161,500 in January 2000. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF?

Across 3 sales between January 2000 and April 2004, 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF rose from £161,500 to £310,000, a change of £148,500. That works out to roughly +16.6% per year compounded over 4 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF have?

The current EPC rating for 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF is D with a score of 61 out of 100, lodged in October 2011. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF?

13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (1,245 sq ft), around 29 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 13% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in ME15 8HF. Source: EPC Register.

How is 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF heated?

The latest EPC at 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF?

13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF is in council tax band F. That sits towards the upper end of the band ladder, typically reflecting larger or higher-value homes.

Where is 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF located?

13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF sits in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone. It falls within the ME15 postcode district in Kent.

Is 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF in a safe area?

Police records around 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF show an average of 6 reported crimes per month over the last 8 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 66% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF?

The closest primary school to 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF is Madginford Primary School (483m), one of 12 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is School of Science and Technology Maidstone (2.2km), with 4 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF?

The closest bus stop to 13 Discovery Road, ME15 8HF is Pennine Way, 439m away. The nearest rail option is Bearsted Rail Station, 1.5km away.

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13 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF

3 sales on record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Floor area

116 m²

1245 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 61

Council tax

Band F

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 13 Discovery Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

13 Discovery Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8HF). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1245 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2011) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from October 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in April 2004. Across 2000–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £546,000 sits 76.1% above the 2004 sale of £310,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 17.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 116 m² it's 17.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (141 m² median across 26 EPCs).

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Risks

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Trends

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms4
ConservatoryYes

Building

RefurbishedYes

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

13 Discovery Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Oct 2021

EPC Rating

D61

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Very Poor

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

4.8 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 13 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

13 Discovery Road has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

5applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

13 Discovery Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).

Current estimate

£546,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.6% per year over 4 years.

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Last sold (2004)

£310,000

Growth on file: 16.6% per year over 4 years.

Sales timeline

6 April 2004Most recent
£310,000
+29.2%over 2 years
9 November 2001
£240,000
+48.6%over 1 year
7 January 2000
£161,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 8HF: £680,000 (2025–2021).

Nearby sales in ME15 8HF

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On the street

Versus other Discovery Road homes

Four headline reads against 26 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

13 Discovery Road is notably below the street on habitable rooms.

Price per m²

£2,679

Street avg £3,235

Below

Floor Area

116 m²

Street avg 147 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 8 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

4.8 t/year

Street avg 5.2 t/year

On par

Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Maidstone district page.

Full Maidstone report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

6/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.4 km

Pennine Way — bus stop.

Closest school

0.5 km

Madginford Primary School. 16 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME15 8HF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.3dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME15 8HF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.4dB

Low

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