6 Cotswold Gardens, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8TB

6 Cotswold Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Downswood, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8TB). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2016. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £485,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 46.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.