1 Bail Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7FF
About 1 Bail Close
1 Bail Close is a detached house in Rainham, Gillingham, Gillingham (ME8 7FF). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2021. The latest certificate (April 2022) 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 93).
At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 23.2% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £610,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
1 Bail Close has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Bail Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£643,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£610,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 May 2022Most recent
£610,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME8 7FF: £475,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in ME8 7FF
5 Bail Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7FF
Sold Jul 2024
£475,0004 Bail Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7FF
Sold Sept 2022
£399,0002 Bail Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7FF
Sold Aug 2022
£504,0003 Bail Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7FF
Sold Jul 2022
£419,0006 Bail Close, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7FF
Sold Jun 2022
£560,000
Versus other Bail Close homes
1 Bail Close is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£3,567
Street avg £4,617
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 102 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.1 t/year
Street avg 1.4 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 3 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Parkfield Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Thames View Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB







