8 Shirley Way, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8PP

8 Shirley Way is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bearsted, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8PP). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in May 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£428/sq ft) was about 57.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £535,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.