Ringstead, Marley Road, Harrietsham, Maidstone, ME17 1BS

Ringstead 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.