Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Applegarth is a four-bedroom detached house in Otham, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8RN). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in April 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £597,000 sits 366.4% above the 1998 sale of £128,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 63.1% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
Applegarth's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 30 November 2026
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Applegarth sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
1 application on record at Applegarth, Otham Street, Otham, Maidstone, ME15 8RN
Conservation area notification to remove 5no.Sycamore trees .
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Applegarth's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£597,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£128,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
2 April 1998Most recent
£128,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 8RN: £400,000 (2025–2013).
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Sold Dec 2023
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Sold Jun 2007
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Sold Apr 2004
Applegarth is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£970
Street avg £5,610
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
414/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
The White Horse — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Senacre Wood Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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