Highlands, Bedmonton, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, ME9 0EH
About Highlands
Highlands is a semi-detached house in Wormshill, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 0EH). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 124 m² it sits well below the postcode median (235 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £500,000 is 12.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£333/sq ft) was about 15.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £445,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Highlands's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Highlands has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey kitchen extension with roof lanterns installed including changes to fenestration.
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/503120/FULL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£500,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 19 years.
£445,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
3 May 2021Most recent
£445,000
+134.2%over 18 years10 September 2002
£190,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME9 0EH: £670,000 (2020–2002).
Nearby sales in ME9 0EH
Saywell Farm House, Bedmonton, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, ME9 0EH
Sold Aug 2020
£835,000Summernights, Bedmonton, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, ME9 0EH
Sold Jun 2015
£660,000Frog Hall, Bedmonton, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, ME9 0EH
Sold Jun 2005
£715,000Stanley House, Bedmonton, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, ME9 0EH
Sold Dec 2002
£625,000The Bungalow, Bedmonton, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, ME9 0EH
Sold Jun 1997
£139,000
Everything we know about Highlands, in one report
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
Versus other Bedmonton homes
EPC Rating for Highlands runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 29 (F)
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 223 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 11.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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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
2.7 km
Pond — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
Bredgar Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB