The Garage Bungalow, Keycol Hill, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8LZ
About The Garage Bungalow
The Garage Bungalow is a detached house in Bobbing, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 8LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £421,000 is 14.1% below the 2022 sale of £490,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£383/sq ft) was about 75.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 22 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. Last sale on file: £490,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Know exactly what you're buying at The Garage Bungalow
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Garage Bungalow sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Garage Bungalow has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
23applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at The Garage Bungalow
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
30-day money-back guarantee
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£421,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£490,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 December 2022Most recent
£490,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME9 8LZ: £340,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in ME9 8LZ
17 Keycol Hill, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8LZ
Sold Jul 2025
£350,00061 Keycol Hill, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8LZ
Sold Jan 2025
£357,50065 Keycol Hill, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8LZ
Sold Jun 2024
£305,00033 Keycol Hill, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8LZ
Sold Feb 2023
£200,00019 Keycol Hill, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8LZ
Sold Aug 2022
£340,000
Everything we know about The Garage Bungalow, 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 Keycol Hill homes
On epc rating, The Garage Bungalow runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,118
Street avg £3,141
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
Similar properties nearby
1 Colson Drive
ME9 8TT
1 Cormorant Road, Iwade
ME9 8WP
1 Barn Close, Borden
ME9 8JW
1 Bicknor Court Cottages, Bicknor Lane, Bicknor
ME9 8AX
1 Bittern Road, Iwade
ME9 8FR
1 Bewick Walk, Iwade
ME9 8FY
1 Coppins Lane, Borden
ME9 8JG
1 Church Mews, The Street, Iwade
ME9 8TH
The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ladyfields Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Borden Church of England Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.3dB