1 Down Court Cottages, Down Court Road, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0AT

1 Down Court Cottages is a semi-detached house in Doddington, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 0AT). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on lpg.

At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 65.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £590,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.