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Get started1 New Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 43), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 9.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £363,000 is 18% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£386/sq ft) was about 67.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £307,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
1 New Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A recent planning application at 1 New Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Demolition of existing side store, and erection of a two storey side extension, with front porch and rear balcony (resubmission of 22/501354/FULL).
Price for 1 New Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£363,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.8% per year over 25 years.
£307,500
Growth on file: 9.8% per year over 25 years.
1 New Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,155
Street avg £3,325
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 180 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
44.8dB

Extension: Two storey
Demolition of existing side store, and erection of a two storey front and side extension with balcony to rear.
1 more application for this property
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23 April 2021Most recent
£307,500
+891.9%over 24 years30 September 1996
£31,001
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 1UJ: £627,500 (2022–2016).
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Sold Jul 2022
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Sold Jun 2021
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Sold Nov 2020
All Saints Cottage Upper Street Hollingbourne Maidstone
Sold Nov 2019
The Old Vicarage Upper Street Hollingbourne Maidstone
Sold Oct 2016
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 11.2 t/year
ME17 1FN
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Hollingbourne Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB
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