The Cottage, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BH

The Cottage is a semi-detached house in Gillingham (SP8 4BH). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2009–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £178,000 is 27.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 45.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £140,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.