The Walnuts, London Road, Lynsted, Sittingbourne, ME9 9QS

The Walnuts is a detached house in Lynsted, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 9QS). It has a recorded floor area of 230 m² (around 2480 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 51). The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 230 m² the property is well over the postcode median (134 m² across 11 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. Today's modelled estimate of £746,000 sits 86.5% above the 2012 sale of £400,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 30.2% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sold in December 2012, so it's been off the market for around 13 years.