6 Barncroft Drive, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3TJ

6 Barncroft Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Hempstead, Gillingham, Gillingham (ME7 3TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since July 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £615,000 sits 355.6% above the 1997 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 63% below the postcode norm. At 143 m² it's 20.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 15 EPCs).