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

White Oak Cottage is a detached house in Buckhorn Weston, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5HX). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Held since February 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £319,000 sits 275.3% above the 1995 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 27.2% below the postcode norm. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (123 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.