Travers Cottage, The Street, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EX
About Travers Cottage
Travers Cottage is a detached house in Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 8EX). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Today's modelled estimate of £418,000 sits 59.2% above the 2014 sale of £262,500. At 100 m² it sits well below the postcode median (197 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 12 years since the last transfer (November 2014).
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Travers Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Aug 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Travers Cottage has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Additional storey on existing single storey side extension.
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/500347/FULL
- Nov 2011RenovationFullIn report
Proposed removal of stone cladding to external elevations and replacement with render coating
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- SW/11/1235
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Travers Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£418,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£262,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 November 2014Most recent
£262,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME9 8EX: £570,000 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in ME9 8EX
Brewers House, The Street, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EX
Sold Dec 2022
£985,0001 Garden Cottages, The Street, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EX
Sold Mar 2020
£239,500Burnham House, The Street, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EX
Sold Oct 2019
£1,000,000Pond Cottage, The Street, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EX
Sold Oct 2016
£570,000Gibbens Barn, The Street, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8EX
Sold Mar 2015
£225,000
Everything we know about Travers Cottage, 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 The Street homes
CO₂ Emissions for Travers Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,625
Street avg £3,436
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 217 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 9.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Pond — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Bredgar Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB