Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Thornbury is a semi-detached house in Lenham Heath, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 2BU). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since March 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £448,000 sits 134.6% above the 2003 sale of £191,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£125/sq ft) was about 42.2% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Thornbury's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 12 November 2034
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Thornbury valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£448,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£191,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
7 March 2003Most recent
£191,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 2BU: £345,000 (2021–2011).
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Sold Sept 2021
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Sold Jan 2021
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Sold Mar 2017
The Hawthorns, Lenham Heath Road, Lenham Heath, Maidstone, ME17 2BU
Sold Dec 2009
1 Chapel Place Cottages, Lenham Heath Road, Lenham Heath, Maidstone, ME17 2BU
Sold Jul 2007
Thornbury is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,345
Street avg £3,731
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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144/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Rose Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Egerton Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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