Springfield Farm, Shepherds Hill, Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, SP8 5HX

Springfield Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5HX). It has a recorded floor area of 217 m² (around 2336 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 217 m² the property is well over the postcode median (118 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£461/sq ft) was about 191.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £1,076,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.