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Get started5 Coast Guard Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Herne Bay (CT6 8BD). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views, outbuildings and a loft. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Held since September 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 15.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £300,000 sits 50% above the 2008 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£241/sq ft) was about 20.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (114 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
5 Coast Guard Cottages has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£300,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.3% per year over 7 years.
£200,000
Growth on file: 15.3% per year over 7 years.
On floor area, 5 Coast Guard Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,597
Street avg £4,102
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

9 September 2008Most recent
£200,000
+153.2%over 6 years8 March 2002
£79,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CT6 8BD: £318,000 (2022–2001).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
CT6 8EB
Riley Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Hampton Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB
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