What type of property is 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE?

8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE is a 2-bedroom semi-detached house.

What was the last sold price for 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE?

8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE last sold for £258,000 in September 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £130,000 in June 2006. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE appreciated in value?

Across 3 sales between June 2006 and September 2022, 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE rose from £130,000 to £258,000, a change of £128,000. That works out to roughly +4.3% per year compounded over 16 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE?

The current EPC rating for 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE is B with a score of 86 out of 100, lodged in March 2016. The assessor estimates the property could reach a A. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE?

8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (635 sq ft), around 30 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 8% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in ME12 4AE. Source: EPC Register.

How is 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE heated?

The latest EPC at 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE?

8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE is in council tax band B. That sits at the lower end of the A-H ladder, typically reflecting smaller floor areas or lower 1991 valuations.

Where is 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE located?

8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE sits in Leysdown-on-sea, Sheerness, Sheerness. It falls within the ME12 postcode district in Kent.

Is 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE in a safe area?

Police records around 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE show an average of 4 reported crimes per month over the last 10 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 48% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE?

The closest primary school to 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE is St. Clement's CofE Primary School (438m).

What transport links are near 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE?

The closest bus stop to 8 Bay View Gardens, ME12 4AE is The Bay View, 162m away. In total there are 18 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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8 Bay View Gardens, Leysdown On Sea, Sheerness, ME12 4AE

EPC B3 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

59 m²

635 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 86

Council tax

Band B

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 8 Bay View Gardens

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

8 Bay View Gardens is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Leysdown-On-Sea, Sheerness, Sheerness (ME12 4AE). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2016) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 123). The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 153.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £258,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1
Dining roomYes

Outside

Private gardenYes
GarageYes

Building

Central heatingYes
RefurbishedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

8 Bay View Gardens ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Mar 2026

EPC Rating

B86

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

1.0 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 8 Bay View Gardens, Leysdown On Sea, Sheerness, ME12 4AE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

8 Bay View Gardens has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

1applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£257,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 16 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£258,000

Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 16 years.

Sales timeline

29 September 2022Most recent
£258,000
+63.8%over 15 years
12 December 2006
£157,500
+21.2%
22 June 2006
£130,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME12 4AE: £282,500 (2023–2020).

Nearby sales in ME12 4AE

On the street

Versus other Bay View Gardens homes

Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On price per m², 8 Bay View Gardens stands well clear of the street.

Price per m²

£4,373

Street avg £2,636

Strongly above

Floor Area

59 m²

Street avg 66 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

1.0 t/year

Street avg 2.7 t/year

Strongly above

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Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Full Sheerness report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

4/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

The Bay View — bus stop.

Closest school

0.4 km

St. Clement's CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME12 4AE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.6dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME12 4AE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.8dB

Low

55 dB

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70 dB

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