Ivy Cottage, Sutton Road, Langley, Maidstone, ME17 3LZ

Ivy 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.

At 62 m² it sits well below the postcode median (209 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% 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. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£430/sq ft) was about 88.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.