Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
15 Foster Clarke Drive is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 4SZ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in November 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 1999–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 sits 85% above the 2009 sale of £139,995. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2023. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 53 m² it's 20.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 5 April 2031
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
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Because the property has permanent outbuildings, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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1 application on record at 15 Foster Clarke Drive, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4SZ
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed loft conversion comprising the insertion of a new pitched roof dormer to the rear and a rooflight to the front.
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15 Foster Clarke Drive's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£259,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 10 years.
£139,995
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 10 years.
23 November 2009Most recent
£139,995
+86.7%over 10 years21 October 1999
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 4SZ: £285,000 (2024–2022).
8 Foster Clarke Drive, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4SZ
Sold Nov 2024
13 Foster Clarke Drive, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4SZ
Sold Jan 2024
18 Foster Clarke Drive, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4SZ
Sold Aug 2023
11 Foster Clarke Drive, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4SZ
Sold Apr 2023
12 Foster Clarke Drive, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, ME17 4SZ
Sold Jan 2022
Habitable Rooms for 15 Foster Clarke Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,641
Street avg £3,667
Floor Area
53 m²
Street avg 66 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 2.6 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
0.3 km
Furfield Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Leigh Academy Tree Tops. 16 schools nearby.
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