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About 2 New Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
2 New Cottage is a semi-detached house in Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 1UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 8.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 61.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 7 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 131 m² it's 18.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (160 m² median across 3 EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £525,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
2 New Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D58
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
6.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 2 New Cottage, Upper Street, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, ME17 1UJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Sept 2019ExtensionFullRefused
Extension: Two storey
Erection of two storey extensions to 1 and 2 New Cottages, to form 4no. terraced properties in place of a pair of semi detached properties.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
2 New Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£558,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 25 years.
Last sold (2021)
£525,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 25 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.
On years held, 2 New Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,008
Street avg £3,374
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 161 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME17 1UJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 18 points of interest in total.
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