1 Post Office Cottage, Browns Lane, East Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5JX

1 Post Office Cottage is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in East Stour, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5JX). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 130 m² it's 25% larger than the typical home in the postcode (104 m² median across 4 EPCs). Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £336,000 is 12% above the 2021 sale price. Sold October 2021 for £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.