3 Orchard Cottages, Bourton, Gillingham, SP8 5BG
About 3 Orchard Cottages
3 Orchard Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bourton, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5BG). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £290,000 is 27.8% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£274/sq ft) was about 37% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Apr 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Orchard Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Nov 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erect single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- P/HOU/2021/03614
- Sept 2019ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erect single storey rear extension extending 3.81 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse, 3.15 metres maximum height and 2.50 metres high at the eaves.
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2019/1076/PDE
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Sales history & valuation
3 Orchard Cottages has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£290,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 16 years.
£227,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
8 May 2016Most recent
£227,000
+215.3%over 15 years4 July 2000
£72,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SP8 5BG: £198,000 (2018–2000).
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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
0.1 km
Breach Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
St George's Church of England School, Bourton. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.6dB