Wises Cottage, Wises Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8LR

Wises Cottage is a semi-detached house in Borden, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 8LR). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £539,000 is 45.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£226/sq ft) was about 19.7% below the postcode norm. On the market in October 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.