Ushant, Gravelly Bottom Road, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 3PZ

Ushant is a three-bedroom detached house in Kingswood, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 3PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 103), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £512,000 is 11.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 145.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (163 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £460,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.