1 Primrose Cottages, Otham Street, Otham, Maidstone, ME15 8RN

1 Primrose Cottages is a one-bedroom detached house in Otham, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8RN). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in April 2004. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, an annexe and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (122 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2000–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £414,000 is 42.8% above the 2004 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£728/sq ft) was about 202.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.