21 Cheviot Gardens, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8TE
About 21 Cheviot Gardens
21 Cheviot Gardens is a detached house in Downswood, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8TE). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft) and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an annexe approved in 2023. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 22 June 2029
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Planning history
1 application on record at 21 Cheviot Gardens, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8TE
- Oct 2023AnnexFullOutcome in report
Conversion of annexe and garage to form 1no. one bedroom detached dwelling with external alterations.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/503644/FULL
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Sales history & valuation
21 Cheviot Gardens has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£205,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 8TE: £320,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in ME15 8TE
8 Cheviot Gardens, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8TE
Sold Mar 2024
£507,00014 Cheviot Gardens, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8TE
Sold Apr 2017
£320,00013 Cheviot Gardens, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8TE
Sold Jan 2016
£285,00017 Cheviot Gardens, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8TE
Sold Jun 2015
£270,00011 Cheviot Gardens, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8TE
Sold Feb 2015
£385,000
Versus other Cheviot Gardens homes
Floor Area for 21 Cheviot Gardens lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
40 m²
Street avg 96 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.1 km
Gorham Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Madginford Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB







