The Courtyard, Mulberry Cottage, Hollingbourne Hill, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, ME17 1QJ
About The Courtyard
The Courtyard is a semi-detached house in Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
The Courtyard sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 29 March 2034
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
The Courtyard has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
1 application on record at The Courtyard, Mulberry Cottage, Hollingbourne Hill, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, ME17 1QJ
- Apr 2014RenovationHeritageOutcome in report
Listed Building Consent for new internal door opening, blocking of existing first floor window on south-east elevation of Mulberry Cottage, and removal of remains of greenhouses within walled garden as shown on drawing numbers BW/754/01, BW/754/03, BW/754/04, BW/754/05 & BW/754/09 received on 05/02/2014.
Listed- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/0200
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Sales history & valuation
The Courtyard has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£624,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 4 sales in ME17 1QJ: £460,000 (2016–1998).
Nearby sales in ME17 1QJ
Versus other Hollingbourne Hill homes
On epc rating, The Courtyard runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
30 (F)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
192 m²
Street avg 182 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 8.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
1.5 km
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Hollingbourne Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB







