Downderry, Hearts Delight, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8HX

Downderry is a four-bedroom detached house in Borden, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 8HX). It has a recorded floor area of 297 m² (around 3197 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in February 2011. At 297 m² the property is well over the postcode median (158 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £726,000 is 46.7% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 32.2% below the postcode norm.