18, SHOREFIELDS, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 8SB - £87,500

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18 SHOREFIELDS is a small extended detached house of 107m², built sometime between 1996 and 2002, which could now be worth an estimated £489,439. It was last sold for £87,500 in July 1997, which was around 8% below the average July 1997 detached price in the Medway local authority area. The most recent EPC inspection was May 2025, where the current energy rating was C, and the potential energy rating was B.

18 SHOREFIELDS Sold Prices

Land registry data shows one sale for 18 SHOREFIELDS 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
1997 4 JUL	£87,500	£94,846	8% below HPI

What might 18 SHOREFIELDS be worth now?

18 SHOREFIELDS might now be worth an estimated £489,439.

This is based on house price inflation of 459.4%, between July 1997 and April 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 459.4% inflationary increase is applied to the most recent sale price for 18 SHOREFIELDS of £87,500 on 4th July 1997. For the value to have increased from £87,500 to £489,439 over the 29 years and three months to April 2026, the following assumptions must hold true:

• The value of 18 SHOREFIELDS has moved in line with the HPI for detached houses in the Medway local authority area.
• The July 1997 sale price of £87,500 represented a fair market value for the property.
• The size, condition, and specification of 18 SHOREFIELDS has not materially changed since July 1997.

How Large is 18 SHOREFIELDS?

18 SHOREFIELDS is 107m², which includes one extension, according to the EPC inspection conducted in May 2025. This puts it in the smallest 40% of detached houses in Gillingham, based on EPC data. The below chart shows the distribution of detached houses by size in Gillingham, and where 18 SHOREFIELDS lies on this distribution: 39% of detached houses are smaller than 18 SHOREFIELDS, and 61% of detached houses are larger. Note that EPC data is not available for all properties in Gillingham.

18 SHOREFIELDS: Plot

18 SHOREFIELDS sits on a plot of roughly 0.060 of an acre, or 244m².

Where is 18 SHOREFIELDS?

18 SHOREFIELDS is located in RAINHAM, in the ME8 postcode district.