A former hotel in Maidstone, Kent, known as The Grange Moor, shuts down after a decline in customers, and its owner says he is considering converting the property into a 42-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO). The business closes in December, according to the owner.
The Grange Moor reportedly underwent around £500,000 of refurbishment about a year before it closed. The claim reflects that the property’s hotel business was not able to sustain demand after the renovations, leading the owner to look for an alternative use.
The coverage focuses mainly on the timeline—refurbishment followed by closure—and on the proposed HMO scale of 42 bedrooms. Other outlets may frame the development through different lenses, but the shared details are the closure, the refurbishment cost and timing, and the owner’s plan to seek to repurpose the site.
