Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
7 Joy Wood is a five-bedroom detached house in Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 4JY). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).
Held since November 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £576,000 sits 284% above the 1999 sale of £149,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 57% below the postcode norm.
Certificate validity
Valid until 20 February 2028
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7 Joy Wood has no planning applications on record.
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7 Joy Wood's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£576,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£149,995
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
26 November 1999Most recent
£149,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 4JY: £435,000 (2024–2017).
14 Joy Wood, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4JY
Sold Jun 2024
1 Joy Wood, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4JY
Sold Mar 2021
21 Joy Wood, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4JY
Sold Apr 2019
13 Joy Wood, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4JY
Sold Nov 2017
5 Joy Wood, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4JY
Sold Jul 2017
Price per m² for 7 Joy Wood lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,027
Street avg £3,453
Floor Area
146 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
0.4 km
Wrangleden Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Leigh Academy Tree Tops. 14 schools nearby.
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