18 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF
About 18 Discovery Road
18 Discovery Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8HF). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £715,000 is 13.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 91.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £630,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageDouble
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
18 Discovery Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Dec 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2024Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear extension and garage conversion.
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/503336/FULL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2001.
£715,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 20 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
28 June 2021Most recent
£630,000
+137.7%over 20 years31 May 2001
£265,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 8HF: £680,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in ME15 8HF
34 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF
Sold Jul 2025
£680,00020 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF
Sold Oct 2022
£625,00027 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF
Sold Oct 2022
£700,00010 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF
Sold Jun 2021
£765,00022 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF
Sold Apr 2021
£636,000
Everything we know about 18 Discovery Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Discovery Road homes
Habitable Rooms for 18 Discovery Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,375
Street avg £3,170
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB