Yasume, Orchard Close, Langley, Maidstone, ME17 3LL

Yasume is a detached house in Langley, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 3LL). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since November 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 88 m² it's 19.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £460,000 is 46% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£333/sq ft) was about 44.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.