Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
The Oast House is a six-bedroom detached house in Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1RB). It has a recorded floor area of 242 m² (around 2605 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 242 m² the property is well over the postcode median (171 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 8 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a basement excavation and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2002–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,425,000 is 46.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£374/sq ft) was about 192.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 13 years since the last transfer (January 2014).
The Oast House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 May 2023
Certificate validity
Expired on 19 May 2023
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The Oast House has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
8 applications on record at The Oast House, Pilgrims Way, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, ME17 1RB
Extension: Single storey
Erection of a single storey rear extension. Conversion of basement with connecting single storey side extension. Alterations to fenestration along South East elevation. Erection of a detached pool house and a detached carport.
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The Oast House valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,425,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 11 years.
£975,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 11 years.
17 January 2014Most recent
£975,000
+77.3%over 11 years19 August 2002
£550,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 1RB: £800,000 (2024–2004).
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On co₂ emissions, The Oast House runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,029
Street avg £3,044
Floor Area
242 m²
Street avg 178 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 8.6 t/year
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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
1.7 km
Hollingbourne Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
2.1 km
Hollingbourne Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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