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About Candle Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Candle Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Ulcombe, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1DP). It has a recorded floor area of 226 m² (around 2433 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2019. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £885,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- FireplaceYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Candle Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C70
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
7.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Candle Cottage, The Street, Ulcombe, Maidstone, ME17 1DP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Dec 2019Change of UseFullGranted
Change of use of land from agricultural to residential.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£894,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 22 years.
Last sold (2021)
£885,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other The Street homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Candle Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
70 (C)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
226 m²
Street avg 211 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 10.3 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME17 1DP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.8dB
Everything within walking distance
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