279a, Marlborough Road, Gillingham, ME7 5HS

279a is a four-bedroom detached house in Gillingham (ME7 5HS). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £407,000 sits 50.7% above the 2017 sale of £270,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 30.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in February 2017.