Holly Oak, Lenham Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 1LZ

Holly Oak is a three-bedroom detached house in Kingswood, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 110), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £461,000 is 48.7% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£374/sq ft) was about 51.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (July 2014).