9 New Close, Bourton, Gillingham, SP8 5DL
About 9 New Close
9 New Close is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bourton, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5DL). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 77 m² it's 22.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 20 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £305,000 is 10.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£333/sq ft) was about 86.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £276,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingAllocated
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
9 New Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£305,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£276,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 March 2022Most recent
£276,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SP8 5DL: £250,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in SP8 5DL
6 New Close, Bourton, Gillingham, SP8 5DL
Sold Jul 2025
£237,00010 New Close, Bourton, Gillingham, SP8 5DL
Sold Jul 2024
£275,00021 New Close, Bourton, Gillingham, SP8 5DL
Sold Dec 2022
£250,00011 New Close, Bourton, Gillingham, SP8 5DL
Sold Mar 2020
£215,0001 New Close, Bourton, Gillingham, SP8 5DL
Sold Aug 2019
£370,000
Versus other New Close homes
Price per m² for 9 New Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,584
Street avg £2,116
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 5.7 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
0.1 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
48.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB








