4 Oast Cottages, Breach Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, ME9 7PH

4 Oast Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 7PH). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 28.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £417,000 is 42.9% below the 2022 sale of £730,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£458/sq ft) was about 43.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold May 2022 for £730,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.