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About Lested Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Lested Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Chart Sutton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 3RY). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
Held since May 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £523,000 sits 318.4% above the 2003 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 70% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Lested Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D56
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Lested Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2003).
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£523,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2003)
£125,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Plough Wents Road homes
Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², Lested Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£893
Street avg £3,595
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME17 3RY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 36 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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