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Get started2 Elms Cottages is a semi-detached house in Sarre, Birchington, Birchington (CT7 0JZ). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
2 Elms Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£269,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
EPC Rating for 2 Elms Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 99 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 4 sales in CT7 0JZ: £255,000 (2025–1996).
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CT7 0AZ
Crown Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
St Nicholas At Wade Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB