Chapel Cottages, Garden Flat, Upper Street, Leeds, Maidstone, ME17 1SN

Chapel Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Leeds, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1SN). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 32 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Chapel Cottages (32–86 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (42 versus a best of 61). The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.