Fairbourne Manor, Fairbourne Lane, Harrietsham, Maidstone, ME17 1LN

Fairbourne Manor is a six-bedroom detached house in Harrietsham, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1LN). It has a recorded floor area of 489 m² (around 5264 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2026) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

At 489 m² the property is well over the postcode median (251 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 40 planning records sit against the property, 34 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, an extension, an annexe and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,217,000 is 32.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£318/sq ft) was about 15.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £1,675,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.