Forge Cottage, Weston Street, Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, SP8 5HG
About Forge Cottage
Forge Cottage is a detached house in Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5HG). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 132 m² it's 28.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (185 m² median across 5 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
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Energy performance
Forge Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2022RenovationFullIn report
Alteration to existing driveway shared between Forge Cottage and The Forge
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- P/HOU/2022/07377
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Sales history & valuation
Forge Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£543,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SP8 5HG: £475,000 (2017–2013).
Nearby sales in SP8 5HG
Claremont House, Weston Street, Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, SP8 5HG
Sold Nov 2017
£690,000Combe Barton, Weston Street, Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, SP8 5HG
Sold Nov 2017
£475,000Weston House, Weston Street, Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, SP8 5HG
Sold Oct 2016
£950,000Corner House, Weston Street, Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, SP8 5HG
Sold Jul 2015
£315,000Tanyard Orchard, Weston Street, Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, SP8 5HG
Sold Feb 2003
£393,000
Versus other Weston Street homes
On floor area, Forge Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 55 (D)
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 198 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 9.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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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
Stapleton Arms — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB