7 Almery Cottages, Chart Hill Road, Chart Sutton, Maidstone, ME17 3RQ

7 Almery Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chart Sutton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 3RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced Maidstone HPI: 2.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 26.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (116 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £305,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.