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Get started1 Rutland Cottages is a semi-detached house in Leeds, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1TE). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
At 80 m² it sits well below the postcode median (171 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension to number 2 Rutland Cottages and first floor rear extension to number 1 Rutland Cottages.
1 Rutland Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£311,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
1 Rutland Cottages outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 43 (E)
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 263 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 13.7 t/year
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
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of first floor rear extension as shown on the site location plan, block plan and drawing numbers CB/03/13/1/1 and CB/03/13/1/, all received 2nd April 2013
Median price across the last 2 sales in ME17 1TE: £101,500 (2001–1997).
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
Skinner's Way — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB