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Get started2 Pond Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1QB). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 118), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views.
Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 is 10.5% above the 2021 sale price. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £275,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
An application for a certificate of lawful development for a proposed development being rear infill extension and conversion of existing outhouse into WC.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£304,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 7 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 7 years.
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
1.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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15 February 2021Most recent
£275,000
+71.9%over 7 years28 August 2013
£160,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in ME17 1QB: £59,750 (1996–1996).
ME17 1AG
Chegworth Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Hollingbourne Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB
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