3 Smallhythe Close, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8JJ

3 Smallhythe Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £545,000 is 14.7% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£416/sq ft) was about 53.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.