8 Church Road, Otham, Maidstone, ME15 8SQ

8 Church Road is a semi-detached house in Otham, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold March 2022 for £285,000. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£481/sq ft) was about 75.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.