What kind of home is The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH?

The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH sell for?

The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH last sold for £340,000 in December 2014, around 11 years ago. Land Registry has 4 sales on record going back to £235,000 in August 2004. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH?

Across 4 sales between August 2004 and December 2014, The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH rose from £235,000 to £340,000, a change of £105,000. That works out to roughly +3.7% per year compounded over 10 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH have?

The current EPC rating for The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH is D with a score of 59 out of 100, lodged in September 2009. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

How big is The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH?

The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (1,570 sq ft), around 49 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 100% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in ME9 0BH. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH use?

The latest EPC at The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Are there any planning records for The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH?

The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH has council approval for single-storey side and rear extension granted in February 2020 under ref. 19/506344/FULL. The wider record also shows 1 refused application. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What is the council tax band for The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH?

The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH is in council tax band C.

Which area is The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH in?

The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH sits in Doddington, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne. It falls within the ME9 postcode district in Kent.

Is The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH in a safe area?

Police records around The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 7 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 42% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

How well connected is The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH?

The closest bus stop to The Old Post Office, The Street, ME9 0BH is Chequers Inn, 202m away. In total there are 6 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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The Old Post Office, The Street, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0BH

4 sales on record3 planning records

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Floor area

146 m²

1570 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 59

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About The Old Post Office

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

The Old Post Office is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Doddington, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 0BH). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 11 years since the last transfer (December 2014). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £434,000 is 27.6% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£217/sq ft) was about 18% below the postcode norm.

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Risks

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Sold prices

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Trends

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms3

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

The Old Post Office's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Sept 2019

EPC Rating

D59

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

6.2 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against The Old Post Office, The Street, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0BH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Nov 2020
Conditions
In report
Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 5 (New Windows and External Doors - External Joinery) Subject to 19/506344/FULL
Documents
7 docs on file
Reference
20/504130/SUB
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Feb 2020
ExtensionFull
In report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of single storey side and rear extension, side canopy and conversion of outbuilding to provide utility room with insertion of new side door (resubmission: 19/500504/FULL).
Documents
16 docs on file
Reference
19/506344/FULL
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The Old Post Office valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.

Current estimate

£434,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 10 years.

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Last sold (2014)

£340,000

Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 10 years.

Sales timeline

8 December 2014Most recent
£340,000
+13.3%over 4 years
13 July 2010
£300,000
+9.1%over 3 years
26 March 2007
£275,000
+17.0%over 2 years
31 August 2004
£235,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME9 0BH: £595,000 (2025–2021).

Nearby sales in ME9 0BH

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On the street

Versus other The Street homes

Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for The Old Post Office runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£2,331

Street avg £3,414

On par

Floor Area

146 m²

Street avg 102 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

6.2 t/year

Street avg 5.1 t/year

On par

Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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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

0.2 km

Chequers Inn — bus stop.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around ME9 0BH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.8dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME9 0BH

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.4dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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