3 Chestnut Drive, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PD
About 3 Chestnut Drive
3 Chestnut Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Kingswood, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 3PD). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 93 m² it's 17.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (113 m² median across 7 EPCs). 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, a loft conversion and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £428,000 is 12.6% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 57.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £380,000 in November 2020.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
3 Chestnut Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 8 December 2026
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 3 Chestnut Drive, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PD
- Aug 2017Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Front of property
Extension to first floor front facing flat roof dormer, garage conversion and new window to ground floor hallway.
ExtensionGarage Conversion- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/502299/FULL
- More recent applications — locked
- Loft ConversionJan 2018Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£428,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 4 years.
£380,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
16 November 2020Most recent
£380,000
+23.0%over 3 years3 April 2017
£309,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 3PD: £400,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in ME17 3PD
11 Chestnut Drive, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PD
Sold Jun 2024
£495,0006 Chestnut Drive, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PD
Sold Oct 2020
£275,00016 Chestnut Drive, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PD
Sold Dec 2017
£409,0001 Chestnut Drive, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PD
Sold Apr 2012
£238,00010 Chestnut Drive, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PD
Sold Feb 2012
£279,000
Versus other Chestnut Drive homes
3 Chestnut Drive is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,086
Street avg £2,812
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.5 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.1 km
Chestnut Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Kingswood Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







