Slips Cottage, Church Lane, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0AZ
About Slips Cottage
Slips Cottage is a detached house in Doddington, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 0AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2019–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£601/sq ft) was about 276.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2023 for £595,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Slips Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A partial demolition application was refused at Slips Cottage in 2021.
- Aug 2021DemolitionHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent for demolition of existing outbuilding. Erection of a garden store and a two bay open garage with a new access and driveway.
Listed- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/502856/LBC
- Aug 2021MixedFullIn report
Demolition of existing outbuilding. Erection of a garden store and a two bay open garage with a new access and driveway.
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/502855/FULL
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking
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Sales history & valuation
£539,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 4 years.
£595,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
9 February 2023Most recent
£595,000
+22.7%over 3 years22 July 2019
£485,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in ME9 0AZ: £163,000 (2012–1996).
Nearby sales in ME9 0AZ
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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
- A planning decision worth checking
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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
0.6 km
Chequers Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
3.0 km
Eastling Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB