What kind of home is Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL?

Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL is a 3-bedroom detached house.

What did Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL sell for?

Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL last sold for £250,000 in August 2004, around 22 years ago. Before that, it sold for £173,000 in August 1999, so prices have been rising over 5 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL?

Across 2 sales between August 1999 and August 2004, Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL rose from £173,000 to £250,000, a change of £77,000. That works out to roughly +7.6% per year compounded over 5 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL?

The current EPC rating for Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL is F with a score of 37 out of 100, lodged in November 2013. It has dropped from a E recorded in September 2012. The assessor estimates the property could reach a D. Source: EPC Register.

How big is Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL?

Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (990 sq ft), around 31 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 48% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in ME9 0BL. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL use?

The latest EPC at Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL?

Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL is in council tax band D.

Which area is Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL in?

Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL sits in Doddington, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne. It falls within the ME9 postcode district in Kent.

How safe is the area around Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL?

Police records around Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL 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.

What transport links are near Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL?

The closest bus stop to Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BL is Chequers Inn, 151m away. In total there are 5 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0BL

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Floor area

92 m²

990 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 37

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Cornmill Cottage

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

Cornmill Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Doddington, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 0BL). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (September 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in August 2004. At 92 m² it's 20.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £445,000 sits 78% above the 2004 sale of £250,000.

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Risks

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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.

Cornmill Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Nov 2023

Current Certificate(1 of 2)

Nov 2013

EPC Rating

F37

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

5.6 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Nov 2013from Sept 2012

EPC improved fromE42toF37

Low Energy Lighting

33%100%

More low energy lighting installed

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Cornmill Cottage, Chequers Hill, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0BL, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Cornmill Cottage has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

3applications of note in the surrounding area

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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.

Cornmill Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.

Current estimate

£445,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 5 years.

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Last sold (2004)

£250,000

Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 5 years.

Sales timeline

30 August 2004Most recent
£250,000
+44.5%over 5 years
18 August 1999
£173,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME9 0BL: £290,000 (2025–2015).

Nearby sales in ME9 0BL

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On the street

Versus other Chequers Hill homes

Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Cornmill Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,717

Street avg £3,735

Strongly below

Floor Area

92 m²

Street avg 90 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

5.6 t/year

Street avg 4.0 t/year

Strongly below

Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Sittingbourne district page.

Full Sittingbourne report

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 0BL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.6dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME9 0BL

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.7dB

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