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Get startedHillside is a two-bedroom detached house in Grafty Green, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 2AP). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 7.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£715/sq ft) was about 213.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold November 2019 for £400,000.
Hillside ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Nov 2025
A recent planning application at Hillside was refused — worth checking the council file.
Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 (Landscape Scheme), 7 (Preliminary Ecological Appraisal) and 8 (Bat Survey Report) of application 23/500826/FULL.
Hillside has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2008.
£434,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 11 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 11 years.
Hillside outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,692
Street avg £3,454
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 145 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
43.3dB

Submission of details pursuant to condition 6 (lighting plan for bats) and condition 9 (decentralised and renewable or low-carbon sources of energy) of application 23/500826/FULL.
6 more applications for this property
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29 November 2019Most recent
£400,000
+2.6%over 1 year19 January 2018
£390,000
+130.8%over 9 years4 August 2008
£169,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 2AP: £543,500 (2025–2022).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
ME17 2NA
Kings Head — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Platts Heath Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB
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