1 Lewis Row Cottages, Hermitage Lane, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4DA

1 Lewis Row Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 4DA). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £442,000 is 10.1% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £401,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.