Stable Cottage, Church Square, Lenham, Maidstone, ME17 2PJ

Stable Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lenham, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 2PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2013–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 41.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in June 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.