5 Layfield Cottages, Sheppey Way, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8QS

5 Layfield Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Bobbing, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 8QS). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

Held since May 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2001–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 20% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £524,000 sits 54.1% above the 2004 sale of £340,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 192.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.