ME5 7RW
Last sold £262,500 in October 2025
53, Illustrious Close, Chatham
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 2 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 560 sq ft / 52 sq m
- Plot area
- about 1,100 sq ft / 100 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
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Price history in context
- Oct 2025 — £262,500 · +47.9% · 13 pts ahead of the UK market
- Apr 2017 — £177,500 · +22.8% · 6 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jun 2014 — £144,500 · +16.1% · 5 pts ahead of the UK market
- Feb 2013 — £124,500 · +96.1% · 86 pts ahead of the UK market
- Nov 2004 — £63,500 · +32.3% · 138 pts behind the UK market
- May 1995 — £47,995
What this home might be worth today
£261,000
Estimate range £248,000–£274,000
−0.5% since October 2025 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 58 nearby sales within a year · 2-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Maundene School 3-min walk
- Bradfields Academy 16-min walk
- Chatham station 3.2km
- Woodland 1.3km
- The coast (coastline) 3.7km
- Lake 1.7km
- Pond 866m
- Thames And Medway Canal 12.6km
- Tower Reach 3.8km
- Capstone Farm Country Park 981m
- Playing Field 224m
- Morrisons 199m
- Illustrious Close (Adj) 17m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Chatham, 3.2km away
- 40 min London
- 105 min Cambridge
- 114 min Oxford
- 119 min Brighton
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,690 hours a year — sunnier than 80% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a moderate east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 11% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 97 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 54, Illustrious Close, Chatham £230,000 · 2024
- 50, Illustrious Close, Chatham £301,000 · 2022
- 2, Illustrious Close, Chatham £160,000 · 2017
- 3, Illustrious Close, Chatham £217,000 · 2021
- Appollo House, Flat 4, Illustrious Close, Chatham £132,500 · 2026
- Apollo House, Flat 9, Illustrious Close, Chatham £46,500 · 2002
Planning activity nearby
- In progress Construction of a single storey extension to front Nov 2025 source
- Conditions Construction of a shed. Apr 2026 source
- In progress Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for construction of hard… Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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