1 Langley Park Cottages, Sutton Road, Langley, Maidstone, ME17 3NQ

1 Langley Park Cottages is a three-bedroom detached house in Langley, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 3NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 523 sq ft) and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and main heating dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since May 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 0.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £702,000 sits 65.2% above the 2010 sale of £425,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£813/sq ft) was about 261.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (93 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.