Oak Cottage, Shepherds Hill, Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, SP8 5HX

Oak Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5HX). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include notable views and a self-contained annexe.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2001. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £462,000 is 19.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 78% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £387,750 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.