Morning Dawn Cottage, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, ME17 1QL

Morning Dawn Cottage is a detached house in Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1QL). It has a recorded floor area of 252 m² (around 2713 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2026) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Held since August 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 252 m² the property is well over the postcode median (145 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £1,181,000 sits 165.4% above the 2002 sale of £445,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 38.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.