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Get startedRingstead is a one-bedroom detached house in Harrietsham, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2012 onwards. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2024 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 113), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
Held since November 2007 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 8.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £873,000 is 20.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£832/sq ft) was about 126.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (152 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Non Material Amendment to 13/1933 - Changing standard Velux roof lights for Velux balcony roof lights.
Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
£873,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 9 years.
£725,000
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 9 years.
Ringstead outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,951
Street avg £5,307
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 169 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Wall insulation improved
Floor insulation added or improved
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Extension and alteration of existing outbuilding and conversion to annexe as shown on drawing nos: 14/1209/01, 02, 03 and 04 and site locatiom plan received on the 27th March 2014.
3 more applications for this property
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14 November 2007Most recent
£725,000
+107.1%over 9 years21 October 1998
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 1BS: £630,000 (2025–2010).
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Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
ME17 1UX
Dickley Wood — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
The Lenham School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB
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