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About 5 Bentley Avenue
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
5 Bentley Avenue is a semi-detached house in Herne Bay (CT6 8EA). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£481/sq ft) was about 120.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 24 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). Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £290,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E49
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for 5 Bentley Avenue has grown more than fourfold since the 2000 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£302,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 22 years.
Last sold (2022)
£290,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Bentley Avenue homes
Four headline reads against 24 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
5 Bentley Avenue outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,179
Street avg £3,720
Floor Area
56 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Herne Bay district page.
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
0.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CT6 8EA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 36 points of interest in total.
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