2 Chapel Farm Cottage, Lenham Heath Road, Lenham Heath, Maidstone, ME17 2BJ

2 Chapel Farm Cottage is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Lenham Heath, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 2BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a self-contained annexe. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£765/sq ft) was about 494.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 9 years since the last transfer (September 2017).