Hillside, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AP

Hillside 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.

At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). 8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £447,000 is 11.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£715/sq ft) was about 213.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2019 for £400,000.