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Get startedTower House Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Leeds, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1RU). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Held since February 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 11.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £431,000 is 48.6% above the 2006 sale price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 103 m² it's 25.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 5 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Tower House Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
Conservation Area Application - G1, trees on the rear boundary line consisting of Yew and Thuja. The group of trees are overhanging the property and rear garden by 2 meters this is reducing light and also causing considerable leaf and algae build up in the gutters. We would like to prune them back to as close to the boundary line as possible. Current southern spread of 3.5 meters proposed radial spread of 2 meters on the southern side of the canopy.
Tower House Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£431,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.8% per year over 5 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 11.8% per year over 5 years.
On price per m², Tower House Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,816
Street avg £4,263
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Listed Building Consent for refurbishment including a new solid floor throughout the ground floor, upgrading of the external walls and roof with the addition of insulation to the timber frame and rafters, insertion of staircase, reinstatement of a partition wall at first floor level, and internal repairs to the central chimney stacks (works started).
10 February 2006Most recent
£290,000
+81.3%over 5 years12 October 2000
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 1RU: £350,000 (2025–2016).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
ME17 1RJ
Forge Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB
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