Yew Tree Cottage, North Meadow, Offham, West Malling, ME19 5NU

Yew Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Offham, West Malling, West Malling (ME19 5NU). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£597/sq ft) was about 101.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition, a porch and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold June 2021 for £810,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 126 m² it's 28.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 20 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).