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About Bell House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Bell House is a detached house in Harrietsham, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 8.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 47.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 170 m² the property is well over the postcode median (41 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Bell House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F36
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
11.5 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Bell House, East Street, Harrietsham, Maidstone, ME17 1HJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Bell House has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Jan 2018ConditionsGranted
Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 3 Parts 1-4 (Joinery Details) Subject to 17/502512/LBC
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Bell House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£862,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 5 years.
Last sold (2021)
£850,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other East Street homes
Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Bell House outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,000
Street avg £4,037
Floor Area
170 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Chippendayle Drive — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME17 1HJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.2dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 28 points of interest in total.
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