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Get startedIvy Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Langley, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 3LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £320,000 is 11.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£430/sq ft) was about 74.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 62 m² it sits well below the postcode median (218 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Sold August 2021 for £287,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Sept 2025
Ivy Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Submission of details pursuant to Condition 4 (Flood Mitigation) for planning permission 17/501987/FULL
Ivy Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£320,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 23 years.
£287,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 23 years.
On price per m², Ivy Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,629
Street avg £3,064
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 255 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.3dB

Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of existing rear single storey extension and erection of a single storey rear extension to form kitchen and bathroom.
27 August 2021Most recent
£287,000
+25.9%over 5 years26 May 2016
£228,000
+23.2%over 9 years7 July 2006
£185,000
+106.7%over 5 years29 September 2000
£89,500
+31.6%over 2 years26 August 1998
£68,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 3LZ: £590,000 (2025–2018).
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Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 9.1 t/year
ME17 3QB
The Potting Shed — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Leigh Academy Langley Park. 6 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Medium
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.6dB
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