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: £257,575
Average Asking Price: £330,915
Price change in last one year: £14,441
Average Price Paid: £208,926
Average Rent Rates: £1,022

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Gillingham

Average Price for property in Gillingham is around £257,575 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £348,372 for detached house to around £209,897 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £179,101 and a flat is worth £129,657. Values have been changing and have risen £2,276 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £8,502 in last 6 months, £14,441 in last 1 year, £27,913 in last 2 years, £39,245 in last 3 years, £24,300 in last 4 years and £28,153 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Gillingham is around £330,915 based on approximately 285 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 357 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £1,022 per month.

Estimated property value in Gillingham is £257,575. Average asking price is £330,915 while average price paid is £213,321 which is up by £14,441 and Avg. asking rent £1,022.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 £213,321 based on approximately 285 sales in Gillingham area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 746 properties where buyers paid around £208,070. 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 £208,926 for 1,205 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 1,627 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £206,069 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 £145,703, £191,053 for a 2 bedroom house, £273,277 for a 3 bedroom house, £428,011 for a 4 bedroom house and £711,598 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £112,453 for a single bedroom to £156,554 for a 2 bedroom Flat. Same is the case with 3 bedroom flat £204,257. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Gillingham it comes to around average £125,351 for 1 bedroom property, £177,837 for 2 bedroom, £272,266 for 3 bedroom, £428,011 for 4 bedroom and £711,598 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 £393 for 1 bedroom to £723 for 2 bedrooms, £953 for 3 bedrooms, £1,425 for 4 bedrooms and £1,954 for 5 bedrooms house. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £556. As the no. of bedroom increase so will the rent e.g. for a 2 bedroom flat it will be around £645 and £836 for 3 bedroom. You should be generally be expecting around average £501 rent per month for single bedroom property, £700 for 2 bedroom, £950 for 3 bedroom, £1,425 for 4 bedroom and approximately £1,954 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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