Stonehall Orchard, Place Lane, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, ME9 7TR

Stonehall Orchard is a five-bedroom detached house in Hartlip, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 7TR). It has a recorded floor area of 288 m² (around 3100 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in September 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 288 m² the property is well over the postcode median (163 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £1,060,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 75.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.