Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Melbury, Broomfield Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3NY
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
114 m²
1227 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 66
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About Melbury
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Melbury is a detached house in Kingswood, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 3NY). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in July 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £550,000 sits 328% above the 1995 sale of £128,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 64.7% below the postcode norm. At 114 m² it's 26.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (156 m² median across 16 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Nov 2023
Current Certificate
Nov 2013EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D66
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 29 November 2023
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Melbury, Broomfield Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3NY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Melbury has no planning applications on record.
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But the area is active
8 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Melbury's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£550,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (1995)
£128,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 July 1995Most recent
£128,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 3NY: £678,500 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in ME17 3NY
Emmaus, Broomfield Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3NY
Sold Oct 2025
£835,000Robinseat, Broomfield Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3NY
Sold Sept 2025
£665,000Medusa, Broomfield Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3NY
Sold Jan 2025
£678,500Redruth, Broomfield Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3NY
Sold Nov 2024
£710,000Sunnyhurst, Broomfield Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3NY
Sold Jul 2022
£675,000
Versus other Broomfield Road homes
Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for Melbury lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,127
Street avg £4,470
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Maidstone district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
144/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Chestnut Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Kingswood Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME17 3NY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Melbury, Broomfield Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3NY. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.