9 Kings Acre, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8UP
About 9 Kings Acre
9 Kings Acre is a four-bedroom detached house in Downswood, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8UP). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £452,000 is 29.1% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 78.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in April 2018. At 92 m² it's 18.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (113 m² median across 16 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- CloakroomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 9 Kings Acre is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Mar 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
TPO Application to to fell 1 x Ash (T1) as per attached arboricultural report.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/506199/TPOA
- Mar 2019Tree WorksTreesIn report
Tree preservation Order application to reduce T1 Ash by 6m to a height of 14m and width to 4m. T2 Oak reduce by 7m to a height of 16m and width 3.5m, T3 Oak reduce by 7m to a height of 16m and a width of 6m. All trees are situated on a steep bank over the house. The purpose of these works are for maintenance and to keep to size. T1 also has some included bark present. All 3 have been previously reduced.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/506436/TPOA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£452,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 20 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
5 April 2018Most recent
£350,000
+114.7%over 16 years23 November 2001
£163,000
+41.7%over 3 years3 September 1998
£115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 8UP: £418,000 (2020–2015).
Nearby sales in ME15 8UP
22 Kings Acre, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8UP
Sold Dec 2020
£450,0007 Kings Acre, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8UP
Sold Aug 2018
£475,0006 Kings Acre, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8UP
Sold Aug 2017
£395,00014 Kings Acre, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8UP
Sold Apr 2016
£418,00017 Kings Acre, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8UP
Sold Jun 2015
£300,000
Everything we know about 9 Kings Acre, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Kings Acre homes
Price per m² for 9 Kings Acre runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,804
Street avg £2,711
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Horton Downs — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Madginford Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB