2 Buffalo Cottages, ME17 3RN

Semi-detached house112 m²EPC CFreehold

2 Buffalo Cottages is a freehold semi-detached house on Buffalo Cottages in ME17. It last sold for £480,000 in 2025 — its 4th recorded sale, up 205% on its first recorded sale of £157,250 in 2000.

What this home is

The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.

Property type
Semi-detached house
Semi-detached
Floor area
112 m²
1,206 sq ft
Built
1900-1929
EPC construction age band
Tenure
Freehold
CO₂
3.4 t/yr
current estimate

EPC data © Crown copyright; bedrooms are the register's estimate, not a survey. Tenure from HM Land Registry.

What is it worth now?

An indicative projection from its own sale record — the report's valuation prices it against individual comparable sales.

Indicatively £464,000£534,000 today, projected from its 2025 sale.

Indicative value
£464,000£534,000
Carrying the 2025 sale forward at this home's own compounded growth — 4.6%/yr across 4 recorded sales. It can't see condition or improvements.
Last sold (2025)
£480,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year across 4 sales.
Sold 2025 · £480k£534k£464k2026

From the 2025 sale, the indicative range widens as time passes — the cone is that growing uncertainty, not a forecast.

ME17 £/m² (recent sales)£3,944this home £4,286 at its last sale
The local market
Official house price index (UK HPI)

Across Maidstone, the official average home value is £354,594+1% in a year, +15% over five.

Detached£614,537
Semi-detached£380,490
Terraced£297,043
Flat / maisonette£181,911

Covers the whole Maidstone area, not this postcode.

£5 report
The precise, comparables-based valuation

A point estimate with likely and wide ranges, built from individual comparable sales nearby — each listed with address, date, size and adjusted price.

See everything inside
Comparable sales analysed
Model confidence
Point estimate
Likely range (p50) & wide range (p80)
vs the wider area (£/m² percentile)
Every comparable — address, date, size, sold & adjusted price

You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.

Unlock with the £5 report
Instant · £5 once · no account needed

Indicative range projected from HM Land Registry sold prices; not a formal valuation, survey or appraisal.

Everything on 2 Buffalo Cottages, unlocked

The valuation with its comparables, every application and document trail, tenure & title, the ten score workings — the full dossier for this one address.

Instant · one-off for this address · no account needed for the £5 report

Sale history

Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 2 Buffalo Cottages, newest first.

4 recorded sales since 2000, up 205% from first to latest.

£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k2000200520102015202020252026£386k+2%+78%+68%Sold 2025: £480,000£480kSold 2014: £285,000£285kSold 2002: £160,000£160kSold 2000: £157,250£157k
£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k201520212026£386kSold 2025: £480,000£480k
ME17 yearly medianThis home's recorded sales

This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against ME17's yearly median.

3 Oct 2025Most recent
£480,000+68%
Semi-detached house · Freehold · +4.6%/yr since the previous sale
Energy certificate 26 Nov 2024
Rated EPC C · 112 m² recorded
Recorded at this certificate — so at some point since the previous one in 8 Jan 2013:
Efficiency
EPC improved from E to C
17 Jan 2014
£285,000+78%
Semi-detached house · Freehold · +5%/yr since the previous sale
Floor area grew 86→112 m² (+26 m²) — the property was likely extended or converted
Energy certificate 8 Jan 2013
Rated EPC E · 86 m² recorded
Recorded at this certificate — so at some point since the previous one in 20 Oct 2008:
Efficiency
EPC dropped from C to E
Energy certificate 20 Oct 2008
Rated EPC C · 0 m² recorded
26 Mar 2002
£160,000+2%
Semi-detached house · Freehold · +1.3%/yr since the previous sale
17 Nov 2000
£157,250
Semi-detached house · Freehold
Built 1900-1929
Property built
Edwardian (1901–1918)
What a home of this era typically means
  • Usually solid brick walls, so expect the same cold-bridging and insulation challenges as Victorian stock.
  • Often more generous rooms, hallways and ceiling heights — comfortable but harder to heat.

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

Energy & running costs

What 2 Buffalo Cottages's Energy Performance Certificates say about efficiency, cost and construction.

EPC band C (70/100) — improvable to B
Heating, hot water and lighting estimated at about £1,264 a year. Certificate valid until November 2034.
A92+
B81–91
Potential · 83
C69–80
This home · 70
D55–68
E39–54
F21–38
G1–20
CO₂ emissions
3.4 t/yr
current estimate
Built
1900-1929
EPC construction age band
Built form
Semi-detached
Running cost
£1,264/yr
heating + hot water + lighting
Certificate
26 Nov 2024
lodgement date
Between its certificates
8 Jan 2013EPC dropped from C to E
26 Nov 2024Floor area grew 86→112 m² (+26 m²) — the property was likely extended or converted
26 Nov 2024EPC improved from E to C
Heat pump?Possible — check first
Built 1900-1929 — older fabric, so radiator sizing and insulation need checking before a heat pump.
£5 report
The construction detail, element by element

Every fabric element as the assessor described it — walls, roof, floor, windows, hot water and heating construction with its efficiency rating — plus glazing detail and itemised running costs.

See everything inside
Wall construction & insulation, as assessed
Roof & floor construction, as assessed
Windows & glazing detail
Heating & hot-water systems, with efficiency ratings
Itemised running costs (heating / hot water / lighting)

You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.

Unlock with the £5 report
Instant · £5 once · no account needed

EPC data © Crown copyright, from the domestic EPC register. Certificates describe the home as assessed on their date.

The practical file

The running costs and everyday infrastructure a viewing can't show you.

gigabit broadband reaches 0% of premises.

Gigabit broadband
0%
of premises here
Top speed
0 Mbps
median 0 Mbps
£5 report
Every amenity, counted and priced

The full amenity list by category with names and distances — supermarkets to GPs to gyms — plus parks with sizes and every connectivity measure in full.

See everything inside
Every amenity category, counted with nearest distances
Parks & green spaces with sizes
Connectivity measures in full

You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.

Unlock with the £5 report
Instant · £5 once · no account needed

VOA council-tax band with the authority's current rates; Ofcom broadband coverage; amenities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); EV charging from the National Chargepoint Registry; hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency.

The neighbourhood

Who lives here and how the area ranks — the Maidstone 015A neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.

IMD decile 4/10more deprived than most of England; household income about 11% above the national average; shared/rented housing low.

4/10More deprived than most of England
1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

In plain terms: health and crime score well, but a weaker housing & access.

Breakdown by domain
Income6/10
Employment6/10
Education & skills4/10
Health8/10
Crime8/10
Housing & access1/10
Living environment2/10

ONS Census 2021 and the English Indices of Deprivation, at neighbourhood (LSOA/MSOA) level — the immediate pocket, not the whole postcode district.

The street and the area

Where 2 Buffalo Cottages sits in its local market.

ME17 median
£375,100
last 8 years
ME17 £/m²
£3,944
last 8 years

2 Buffalo Cottages: quick answers

From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.

When did 2 Buffalo Cottages last sell, and for how much?

2 Buffalo Cottages last sold for £480,000 on 3 Oct 2025, according to HM Land Registry.

How many times has 2 Buffalo Cottages been sold?

HM Land Registry records 4 sales for 2 Buffalo Cottages between 2000 and 2025. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

How big is 2 Buffalo Cottages?

Its most recent Energy Performance Certificate records 112 m² of floor area.

How energy efficient is 2 Buffalo Cottages?

Its most recent EPC rates it C (score 70). Its recommended improvements would take it to B.

What is 2 Buffalo Cottages worth today?

Carrying its 2025 sale price forward with its own compounded sale-price growth of 4.6% a year across 4 sales suggests roughly £464,000–£534,000 as of 2026. This is indicative only — the full report values it against individual comparable sales.

How fast is broadband at 2 Buffalo Cottages?

Top available download speed is around 0 Mbps. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 0% of premises in this postcode. (Source: Ofcom)

Other homes at ME17 3RN

Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Buffalo Cottages.

HM Land Registry last recorded sale per address; unsold homes show no price.

Buying or selling 2 Buffalo Cottages?

The full £5 report opens every locked panel in this dossier — a precise comparables-based valuation, the itemised EPC, planning activity, school results and admissions odds, forward-looking flood risk, a negotiation read and a viewing checklist, for this exact home.

The data behind this dossier
HM Land RegistryEPC RegisterValuation Office AgencyPolice.ukDfE & OfstedEnvironment AgencyDEFRAUKHSA & BGSCoal AuthorityOfcomNaPTANOpenStreetMap

Contains public-sector data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where applicable. Amenity data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Figures describe recorded data and are not a survey or valuation of this home; the indicative range is a projection, not an appraisal. marks detail included in the £5 report.