Forge House, Dungate, Kingsdown, Sittingbourne, ME9 0QU

Forge House is a detached house in Kingsdown, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 0QU). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1516 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 50). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in August 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £673,000 sits 451.6% above the 1995 sale of £122,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£80/sq ft) was about 80.9% below the postcode norm. 8 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 141 m² it sits well below the postcode median (213 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.