Lilac Cottage, Hunger Hill, East Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5JR

Lilac Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in East Stour, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5JR). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1256 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2010) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 50). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Today's modelled estimate of £427,000 sits 94.1% above the 2015 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£175/sq ft) was about 39.1% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 117 m² it's 22.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (150 m² median across 15 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). On the market in October 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.