5 Legge Lane, Birling, West Malling, ME19 5JH

5 Legge Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Birling, West Malling, West Malling (ME19 5JH). It has a recorded floor area of 228 m² (around 2456 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £978,000 is 16.1% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£343/sq ft) was about 19.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 228 m² the property is well over the postcode median (175 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in February 2012. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.