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Get started2 Birling Place Farm Cottages is a semi-detached house in Birling, West Malling, West Malling (ME19 5JN). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
At 73 m² it's 24% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 4 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs).
The EPC has just been inspected, so the rating reflects current condition.
2 Birling Place Farm Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£350,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
2 Birling Place Farm Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 102 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
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Street avg 6.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
ME19 5JN
Nevill Bull — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Ryarsh Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB