Bankside Cottage, Sandway Road, Sandway, Maidstone, ME17 2NA

Bankside Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Sandway, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 2NA). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in December 2003. At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 20.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £435,000 sits 85.1% above the 2003 sale of £235,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 58.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.