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Get startedPancake Cottage is a semi-detached house in Sutton Valence, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 3BY). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2003-2006. The latest certificate (December 2020) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92).
At 139 m² it sits well below the postcode median (232 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Pancake Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Council records include a two-storey side extension at Pancake Cottage.
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Demolition of lean-to porch and chimney breasts and erection of a two storey side extension.
Pancake Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£487,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
EPC Rating for Pancake Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
85 (B)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 214 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.9 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Upgraded to gas central heating
Connected to mains gas supply
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 3BY: £575,000 (2022–2010).
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Sold Jul 1998
Street avg 8.5 t/year
The Harbour — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Sutton Valence Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB