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20 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF

EPC B
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
118 m²
1270 sq ft
Energy rating
B
Score 85
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 20 Discovery Road

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

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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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2
  • Dining roomYes
  • EnsuiteYes
  • ConservatoryYes

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
  • GarageYes
Energy

Energy performance

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

20 Discovery Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.

Current Certificate(1 of 2)
May 2025

EPC Rating

A
B
B85
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
2.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

May 2025from Jan 2015
EPC improved fromC76toB85
Heating Controls
Prog + StatFull

Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management

Wall Insulation
UninsulatedInsulated Cavity

Cavity wall insulation installed

Low Energy Lighting
11%100%

More low energy lighting installed

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 20 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

20 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.

20 Discovery Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.

Current estimate

£614,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 22 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£625,000

Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 22 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 19 October 2022Most recent

    £625,000

    +278.8%over 21 years
  2. 5 December 2000

    £164,995

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

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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.

EPC Rating for 20 Discovery Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£5,297

Street avg £3,134

Strongly above

Floor Area

118 m²

Street avg 147 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 8 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

2.3 t/year

Street avg 5.3 t/year

Strongly above
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.

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.

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 road noise heatmap for ME15 8HF

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
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 20 Discovery Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8HF. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.