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Get startedFir Tree Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Ulcombe, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1DR). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £545,000 is 41.6% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 18.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in October 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years.
Fir Tree Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Apr 2024
Fir Tree Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension
Fir Tree Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£545,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£385,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Fir Tree Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,619
Street avg £2,833
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 180 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB

10 October 2014Most recent
£385,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 1DR: £585,000 (2024–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
ME17 1FG
The Harrow — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Ulcombe Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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