17 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF

17 Discovery Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8HF). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since January 2000 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £705,000 sits 188.9% above the 2000 sale of £244,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 32% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 156 m² it's 15.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (135 m² median across 26 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.