Rose Cottage, Church Street, West Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5RL

Rose Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in West Stour, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5RL). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £528,000 sits 100.8% above the 2012 sale of £263,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 37.6% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in August 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.