Old Lakenham, Pickering Street, Loose, Maidstone, ME15 9RH

Old Lakenham is a seven-bedroom detached house in Loose, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 9RH). It has a recorded floor area of 409 m² (around 4402 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band H. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in May 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 409 m² the property is well over the postcode median (145 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2001–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,649,000 sits 66.6% above the 2008 sale of £990,000.