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About 1 Gambia Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
1 Gambia Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Leeds, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1RZ). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since October 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 12.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 sits 170.5% above the 1999 sale of £129,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£176/sq ft) was about 37.2% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
1 Gambia Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Jun 2022
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 1 Gambia Cottages, Upper Street, Leeds, Maidstone, ME17 1RZ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history at 1 Gambia Cottages is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Oct 2025Tree WorksTreesNo Objections
Conservation Area notification: 1 Corkscrew Willow 11m - cut back by half, 2 Yew 2.4m - Top cut by one third, 3 Dead tree (type unknown) - to be removed completely
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
1 Gambia Cottages's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1997).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£349,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.2% per year over 2 years.
Last sold (1999)
£129,000
Growth on file: 12.2% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Upper Street homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Floor Area for 1 Gambia Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 41 (E)
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 86 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB
Everything within walking distance
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