19 Dickens Close, Langley, Maidstone, ME17 1TB

19 Dickens Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Langley, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1TB). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since April 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £572,000 sits 176.3% above the 2002 sale of £207,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£129/sq ft) was about 54.6% below the postcode norm.