Mintching Cottage, Blue Town, Kingsdown, Sittingbourne, ME9 0AL
About Mintching Cottage
Mintching Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Kingsdown, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 0AL). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Mintching Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Mintching Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Mintching Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£489,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.2 km
Chequers Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB