Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Chart Hill Cottage is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chart Sutton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 3RG). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £572,000 is 10% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£295/sq ft) was about 18.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £520,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Chart Hill Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Sept 2025
Certificate validity
Expired on 3 September 2025
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Chart Hill Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
8 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Latest sale on Chart Hill Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£572,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 3 years.
£520,000
Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 3 years.
8 April 2021Most recent
£520,000
+13.7%over 3 years3 November 2017
£457,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 3RG: £230,000 (2022–2010).
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Sold May 2022
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Sold Mar 2021
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Sold Oct 2013
Hill Cottage, Chart Road, Chart Sutton, Maidstone, ME17 3RG
Sold Jun 2010
High View Cottage, Chart Road, Chart Sutton, Maidstone, ME17 3RG
Sold Sept 2009
Floor Area for Chart Hill Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,171
Street avg £2,946
Floor Area
164 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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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
0.9 km
Chart Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Sutton Valence Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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