Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 Rock Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ulcombe, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1DT). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 107), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since January 1998 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £301,000 sits 236.3% above the 1998 sale of £89,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 50.1% below the postcode norm. At 62 m² it's 25.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 6 EPCs).
3 Rock Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 26 March 2028
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Roof insulation improved
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Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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3 Rock Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
15 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
3 Rock Cottages's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£301,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£89,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
9 January 1998Most recent
£89,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 1DT: £325,000 (2026–2020).
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3 Rock Cottages is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,444
Street avg £3,475
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
144/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The Harrow — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Ulcombe Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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