Gillingham

Area Guide For Gillingham

Gillingham is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. The town is the most northerly in the county. It is 3 miles south of the A303 lying on the B3092 and B3081. It is near to the town of Shaftesbury which lies 7 miles to the south east. Neighbouring hamlets included Peacemarsh, Bay and Wyke. These hamlets have now however become part of Gillingham as it expanded. Gillingham is pronounced with a hard initial 'G' as in 'gas', unlike Gillingham in Kent, in which the initial 'G' is pronounced like the 'J' in the name 'Jill'. There is a stone age barrow in the town, and evidence of Roman settlement in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. The town was really established by the Saxons. The church of St Mary the Virgin has a Saxon cross shaft dating to 800-900AD. The name Gillingham was used for the town in the Saxon charter of the 10th century, and also in the annals of 1016 as the location of a battle between Edmund II of England and the Danish Vikings. In the Domesday book of 1086 it is Gelingham, and later spellings include Gellingeham in 1130, Gyllingeham in 1152 and Gilingeham in 1209. The name implies a homestead of the family or followers of a man called Gylla, a

 
 

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Estimated Price: £210,596
Average Asking Price: £313,843
Price change in last one year: £17,604
Average Price Paid: £174,870
Average Rent Rates: £1,548

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Gillingham

Average Price for property in Gillingham is around £210,596 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £361,478 for detached house to around £229,284 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £169,166 and a flat is worth £120,729. Values have been changing and have risen £1,378 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £2,177 in last 6 months, £17,604 in last 1 year, £27,809 in last 2 years, £32,358 in last 3 years, £31,464 in last 4 years and £30,913 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Gillingham is around £313,843 based on approximately 1,262 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 803 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £1,548 per month.

Estimated property value in Gillingham is £210,596. Average asking price is £313,843 while average price paid is £184,702 which is up by £17,604 and Avg. asking rent £1,548.Based on an Online Survey

Buyers are willing to pay high dollar prices to grab these properties because of the recent trend in real estate investment especially in Gillingham area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £184,702 based on approximately 1,262 sales in Gillingham area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 3,771 properties where buyers paid around £178,983. It has been same for some time now for e.g. if you take an average of amount paid in last 5 years, it comes to around £174,870 for 5,874 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 7,998 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £172,836 per sale.

 
 

Properties For Sale in Gillingham

 
 

Breakdown of asking prices for homes of different sizes show that price varies clearly based on no of bedrooms and type of house. Asking price for a house with 1 bedroom is around £101,389, £173,440 for a 2 bedroom house, £256,093 for a 3 bedroom house, £413,358 for a 4 bedroom house and £592,376 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £111,023 for a single bedroom to £162,549 for a 2 bedroom Flat. Same is the case with 3 bedroom flat £270,689 and £447,200 for a 4 bedroom flat. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Gillingham it comes to around average £108,756 for 1 bedroom property, £168,628 for 2 bedroom, £256,583 for 3 bedroom, £413,645 for 4 bedroom and £592,376 for a 5 bedroom property.

Rent per calendar month varies similarly based on type and size of the house. If you look at the rents per month for houses alone it can vary from £475 for 1 bedroom to £807 for 2 bedrooms, £936 for 3 bedrooms, £1,288 for 4 bedrooms and £1,898 for 5 bedrooms house. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £574. As the no. of bedroom increase so will the rent e.g. for a 2 bedroom flat it will be around £765, £795 for 3 bedroom and £1,599 for 5 bedroom. You should be generally be expecting around average £546 rent per month for single bedroom property, £788 for 2 bedroom, £931 for 3 bedroom, £1,288 for 4 bedroom and approximately £1,881 for a 5 bedroom property in Gillingham area.

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Disclaimer : Location real estate estimates and values are based on House price index background data and Sales data provided by United Kingdom Land registry Records available as public records from their website. This information is updated monthly on our website and may not reflect all public transactions. This information is based on estimated calculation generated from our developed algorithms. We are striving to make this information as accurate and useful as possible. This data covers the transactions received at Land Registry in the period 1/1/1995 to 9/1/2014. © Crown copyright 2014. Data produced by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2014.

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