20 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF
About 20 Discovery Road
20 Discovery Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8HF). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2025) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in January 2015 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
At 118 m² it's 16.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (141 m² median across 26 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£492/sq ft) was about 132.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £625,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Energy performance
20 Discovery Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Cavity wall insulation installed
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
20 Discovery Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 20 Discovery Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
20 Discovery Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£614,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 22 years.
£625,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
19 October 2022Most recent
£625,000
+278.8%over 21 years5 December 2000
£164,995
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
£680,00027 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF
Sold Oct 2022
£700,00018 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF
Sold Jun 2021
£630,00010 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 20 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
EPC Rating for 20 Discovery Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,297
Street avg £3,134
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB