26 Shirley Way, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8PP

26 Shirley Way is a two-bedroom detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8PP). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £528,000 is 14.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£570/sq ft) was about 116.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2020 for £460,000.