Flat 6, 17 Bannister Way, Leybourne, West Malling, ME19 5GQ

Flat 6 is a two-bedroom detached house in Leybourne, West Malling, West Malling (ME19 5GQ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft). At 53 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (53–71 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (84 versus a best of 86). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (November 2018) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 32.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (92 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.