Griffin Lodge, Gore Court Road, Otham, Maidstone, ME15 8RE

Griffin Lodge is a four-bedroom detached house in Otham, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8RE). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2282 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on lpg.

At 212 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £689,000 is 42.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 16.7% below the postcode norm. On the market in April 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.