21 Willow Rise, Downswood, Maidstone, ME15 8XR

21 Willow Rise is an end-of-terrace house in Downswood, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 8XR). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 27 m² this is the 4th smallest of 58 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 20–70 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

At 27 m² it sits well below the postcode median (43 m² across 57 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: January 2020 at £110,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2014. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£378/sq ft) was about 47.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.