7 Hempstead Lane, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, ME9 9BH

7 Hempstead Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 9BH). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £400,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£459/sq ft) was about 154.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 81 m² it's 26% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 8 EPCs).