2 Big Allington Cottages, Pilgrims Way, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, ME17 1RD

2 Big Allington Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1RD). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since October 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £341,000 sits 326.3% above the 1998 sale of £80,000. At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (154 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.