What type of property is The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN?

The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN is a semi-detached house.

What was the last sold price for The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN?

The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN last sold for £500,000 in October 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £360,000 in May 2015. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN changed over time?

Across 3 sales between May 2015 and October 2022, The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN rose from £360,000 to £500,000, a change of £140,000. That works out to roughly +4.5% per year compounded over 7 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN have?

The current EPC rating for The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN is B with a score of 81 out of 100, lodged in August 2016. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN?

The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (1,485 sq ft). That makes it about 33% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in ME9 0BN. Source: EPC Register.

How is The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN heated?

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

Where is The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN located?

The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN sits in Doddington, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne. It falls within the ME9 postcode district in Kent.

What is crime like near The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN?

Police records around The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN 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 Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN?

The closest bus stop to The Oats, Chequers Hill, ME9 0BN is Chequers Inn, 166m away. In total there are 5 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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The Oats, Chequers Hill, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0BN

EPC B3 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Floor area

138 m²

1485 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 81

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About The Oats

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

The Oats is a semi-detached house in Doddington, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft). The latest certificate (August 2016) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average.

At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Sold October 2022 for £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

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

EPC Rating

B81

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Very Good

CO2 Emissions

2.4 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against The Oats, Chequers Hill, Doddington, Sittingbourne, ME9 0BN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

The Oats 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.

The Oats saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.

Current estimate

£486,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 7 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£500,000

Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 7 years.

Sales timeline

27 October 2022Most recent
£500,000
+22.0%over 4 years
19 June 2018
£410,000
+13.9%over 3 years
4 May 2015
£360,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in ME9 0BN: £395,000 (2024–2017).

Nearby sales in ME9 0BN

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Versus other Chequers Hill homes

Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

The Oats is notably below the street on years held.

Price per m²

£3,623

Street avg £3,944

On par

Floor Area

138 m²

Street avg 129 m²

Above

CO₂ Emissions

2.4 t/year

Street avg 5.5 t/year

On par

Years Held

4 years

Street avg 7 years

Strongly below

Comparables

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A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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Area

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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

45.7dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for ME9 0BN

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.8dB

Low

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