Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
8 Churchill Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Sandway, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 2NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 9 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2005–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£386/sq ft) was about 75% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £445,000 in November 2024.
8 Churchill Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 19 November 2034
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Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
9 applications on record at 8 Churchill Cottages, Liverton Hill, Sandway, Maidstone, ME17 2NJ
An application for consent to fell one Ash tree; tree being subject to Tree Preservation Order no: 1 of 1975
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8 Churchill Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£443,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 19 years.
£445,000
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 19 years.
28 November 2024Most recent
£445,000
+50.8%over 18 years6 December 2005
£295,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 2NJ: £243,000 (2020–2015).
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Sold Dec 2020
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Sold Aug 2017
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Sold Mar 2017
6 Churchill Cottages, Liverton Hill, Sandway, Maidstone, ME17 2NJ
Sold Jul 2012
The Plough House, Liverton Hill, Sandway, Maidstone, ME17 2NJ
Sold Jan 2008
On years held, 8 Churchill Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,159
Street avg £3,916
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 75 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
144/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Primary School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Platts Heath Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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