The Lodge, Hillside Drive, Gravesend, DA12 1NY

The Lodge is a two-bedroom detached house in Gravesend (DA12 1NY). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since July 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 sits 82.8% above the 2003 sale of £285,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 21% below the postcode norm. At 116 m² it sits well below the postcode median (167 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.