Flower Cottage, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BH
About Flower Cottage
Flower Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Gillingham (SP8 4BH). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 104), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 109 m² it's 28.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 10 EPCs). Across 1999–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £449,000 is 38.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£277/sq ft) was about 34.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in April 2017.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Flower Cottage.
- Jul 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Erect two storey extension.
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2016/0682/HOUSE
- Jul 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Erect two storey extension.
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2015/0608/HOUSE
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Flower Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£449,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 18 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
24 April 2017Most recent
£325,000
+339.2%over 17 years17 August 1999
£74,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SP8 4BH: £265,000 (2025–2021).
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£310,000Shambhala, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BH
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£175,000South View, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BH
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£140,000
Versus other Tomlins Lane homes
On floor area, Flower Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,982
Street avg £2,489
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 80 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Coronation Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Gillingham Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB