40, ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE, CHATHAM, ME5 7RW - £149,500

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40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE is a very large extended detached house of 170m², built sometime between 1983 and 1990, which could now be worth an estimated £532,277. It was last sold for £149,500 in December 2000, which was around 1% above the average December 2000 detached price in the Medway local authority area. The most recent EPC inspection was November 2020, where the current energy rating was C, and the potential energy rating was B.

40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE Sold Prices

Land registry data shows one sale for 40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE since 1^st January 1995. The below table shows the price paid for the one sale, along with the average detached price in the Medway local authority area for the corresponding sale date. The average price is sourced from the Office for National Statistics' House Price Index (HPI).

Date	Price	HPI Price	Variation from HPI
2000 14 DEC	£149,500	£147,714	1% above HPI

What might 40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE be worth now?

40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE might now be worth an estimated £532,277.

This is based on house price inflation of 256%, between December 2000 and May 2026, for detached houses, in the Medway local authority area, as calculated by the Office for National Statistics and published in their UK House Price Index (HPI).

The 256% inflationary increase is applied to the most recent sale price for 40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE of £149,500 on 14th December 2000. For the value to have increased from £149,500 to £532,277 over the 26 years and seven months to May 2026, the following assumptions must hold true:

• The value of 40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE has moved in line with the HPI for detached houses in the Medway local authority area.
• The December 2000 sale price of £149,500 represented a fair market value for the property.
• The size, condition, and specification of 40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE has not materially changed since December 2000.

How Large is 40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE?

40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE is 170m², which includes four extensions, according to the EPC inspection conducted in November 2020. This puts it in the largest 20% of detached houses in Chatham, based on EPC data. The below chart shows the distribution of detached houses by size in Chatham, and where 40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE lies on this distribution: 87% of detached houses are smaller than 40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE, and 13% of detached houses are larger. Note that EPC data is not available for all properties in Chatham.

40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE: Plot

40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE sits on a plot of roughly 0.087 of an acre, or 353m².

Where is 40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE?

40 ILLUSTRIOUS CLOSE is located in CHATHAM, in the ME5 postcode district.