Downsells, Swanton Street, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8AP

Downsells is a detached house in Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 8AP). It has a recorded floor area of 279 m² (around 3003 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since August 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in June 2002. At 279 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £1,189,000 sits 82.9% above the 2002 sale of £650,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 45.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.