38 CIMBA WOOD
GRAVESEND, KENT DA12 4SD
£325,000
Photo 1 Garden Garage Lounge/diner Lounge/diner Kitchen Kitchen Bedroom 1 Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 BEdroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bathroom Rear Elevation Garden Garden Photo 17 SOLD
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Property details
Tenure
FREEHOLD
Floor area
88 m²
Council tax band
D
Last sold
£325,000 Mar 2025
Local average
£180,331 (+80.2%)
Deprivation
Decile 9 (28,008 of 33,755)
Street crime
207 incidents within 1 mile (Apr 2026)
Key features
- SOLD BY SEALEYS WALKER JARVIS
- Bags of Potential For Improvement & Extension
- Garage to Side
- Immediate Vacant Possession
Additional details
- Parking
- Yes
- Garden
- Yes
Description
Description: - This three bedroom semi detached house offers huge potential to create your perfect family home. Requiring updating and modernisation throughout, there is also scope to extend subject to planning consent. The accommodation comprises hall, lounge/diner, kitchen, bathroom, two double bedrooms and one single bedroom. There is well established garden to the rear and a shared drive leading to a single garage. Call now to arrange viewing as this type of property doesn't normally hang around on the market for long.
Location: - Situated off of St Francis Avenue on the ever popular Riverview Park within 150 yards of Riverview Junior School and 160 yards of Riverview Infant School and 710yards from Thamesview secondary school, making it an ideal location for families. Riverview Park is a family orientated location with its own local shops, including Morrison and Tesco local and facilities including Doctors Surgery and Dentist. Offering excellent transport links including regular bus service and commuter coach service to London and easy access onto the A2 M2 M20 & M25 motorway links. Gravesend town centre is within approximately 3 miles along with its mainline railway which offers services to London and the Kent coast including a high speed service to St Pancras London in just twenty two minutes, or you can travel from Ebbsfleet International railway station and be in London in around seventeen minutes. For those who enjoy sports and fitness Cascades leisure centre is within walking distance which includes a skate park and children's playground.
Frontage: - Low retaining brick wall, shrubs. potential to create further off street parking. path to front door.
Hall: - Glazed front door, carpet, radiator, under stair cupboard with gas and electric meters. Shoe cupboard.
Lounge/Diner: - Double glazed window to front, secondary glazed window to rear and door to rear garden. Two radiators, Gas fire with Baxi back boiler for hot water and central heating.
Kitchen: - Window to rear, door to garden. Wall and base units, stainless steel sink and drainer, , plumbing for washing machine, electric cooker point and spaces for appliances. Serving hatch to dining area.
Stairs/Landing: - Carpet, access to loft.
Bedroom 1: - A double room with double glazed window to front, radiator, fitted wardrobe, airing cupboard with hot water cylinder and immersion heater.
Bedroom 2 - A double room with window to rear overlooking the rear garden, radiator, built in wardrobe.
Beroom 3: - A double room with double glazed window to front, radiator, built in over stair cupboard with hanging and shelving space.
Bathroom: - Double glazed window to rear, part tiled walls. Sky Blue suite, comprising panelled bath, low level w.c. and pedestal wash basin. Heated towel rail.
Garden: - A well established southerly aspect rear garden with mature trees and rockery.
Garage: - Shared drive, leading to single brick built garage.
Tenure: - Freehold
Local Authority - Gravesham Borough Council:
Council Tax band D -£2294.16 2025/2026
Services: - Mains Gas, Mains Electric, Mains water, Mains Drainage
Broadband/Mobile Networks: - BROADBAND: We understand the following networks provide Standard, Superfast and Ultrafast services in this area: Openreach, , Virgin Media. You may be able to obtain broadband service from the following Fixed Wireless Access providers covering your area: EE
MOBILE: EE,, Three, 02, Vodafone provide indoor and outdoor services in this area. 5G is predicted to be available around location from the following provider(s): EE, Three, O2, Vodafone. Please note that this predicted 5G coverage is for outdoors only.
This information was provided by Ofcom on 4th October.
Listed by
Gravesend
Sealeys Estate Agents
Reference: 153739463
EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost
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Flood risk
Zone: 1
Risk: Low
Job (default Low)
Floorplans
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EPC Graphs
EE Rating
FENSA Certificates
This property has 1 FENSA certificate(s) on record, indicating window/door installations by FENSA-approved installers.
FENSA Certificate #10273857
Property Details
Street: 38 Cimba Wood
Town: GRAVESEND
Postcode: DA12 4SD
Installation Details
Items: 5 windows
Certificate Issued: 19/05/2014
Work Completed: 25/04/2014
This certificate data was retrieved from FENSA's database
What is FENSA? FENSA (Fenestration Self-Assessment Scheme) is a government-authorised scheme that monitors building regulation compliance for replacement windows and doors. Certificates indicate that work was completed by FENSA-approved installers.
Price history
| Event | Date | Price | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | 28/03/2025 (1 year ago) | £325,000 | — |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.
Sold Comparables
Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.
| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Same street 8 CIMBA WOOD, GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT, DA12 4SD | £395,000 | 16/06/2023 | Semi-detached |
| Same street 27 CIMBA WOOD, GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT, DA12 4SD | £410,000 | 15/06/2023 | Semi-detached |
| Same street 54 CIMBA WOOD, GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT, DA12 4SD | £576,100 | 30/11/2022 | Semi-detached |
| Same street 5 CIMBA WOOD, GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT, DA12 4SD | £350,000 | 21/11/2022 | Semi-detached |
| 4 - 6 THE ALMA, GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT, DA12 4NG | £300,000 | 06/04/2022 | Other |
| Same street 12 CIMBA WOOD, GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT, DA12 4SD | £362,000 | 14/12/2021 | Semi-detached |
Street average: £418,620 (5 sales)
Area average: £300,000 (1 sale)
Capital growth trend
Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).
House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Gravesham. Series: All dwelling types. As of March 2026.
Rental Range
Estimated market rent for Gravesham. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.
Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → Gravesham.
LHA (30th percentile) floor for North West Kent: £1,197/mo (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)
Location
Nearby
Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).
| Type | Name | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bus stop | The Rise | 0.1 miles |
| Shop | JD's Seafood | 0.2 miles |
| Shop | Morrisons Daily | 0.2 miles |
| Train station | Gravesend | 1.8 miles |
| Hospital | Gravesham Community Hospital | 2.0 miles |
| Train station | Sole Street | 2.6 miles |
| University | University of Greenwich | 5.5 miles |
| Hospital | Jasmine Centre | 5.6 miles |
| University | Unknown | 6.0 miles |
Street-level crime
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 77 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 49 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 22 |
| Other theft | 16 |
| Vehicle crime | 11 |
| Public order | 10 |
| Possession of weapons | 6 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Shoplifting | 4 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Total incidents | 207 |
Within 1 mile during Apr 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).
Schools nearby
Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.
| Name | Type | Distance | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Junior School | Primary | 0.1 miles | Good — 27 Mar 2022 |
| Riverview Infant School | Primary | 0.1 miles | Good — 31 Jan 2022 |
| Tymberwood Academy | Primary | 0.3 miles | Good — 13 Mar 2017 |
| Thamesview School | Secondary | 0.4 miles | Good — 26 Jun 2024 |
| Singlewell Primary School | Primary | 0.6 miles | Good — 14 Mar 2023 |
Rental Comparables
Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.
| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Bed Terraced House, Marling Way, DA12 | £1,700/mo | 3 | 0.16 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Terraced House, Marling Way, DA12 | £1,700/mo | 3 | 0.16 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Leander Drive, DA12 | £1,700/mo | 3 | 0.19 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, Leander Drive, DA12 | £1,800/mo | 3 | 0.19 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Flat, St. Patricks Gardens, DA12 | £1,430/mo | 3 | 0.28 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Detached House, Whitehill Lane, DA12 | £4,650/mo | 3 | 0.45 miles | OpenRent |
| 3 Bed Flat, Parrock Road, DA12 | £1,300/mo | 3 | 1.06 miles | OpenRent |
Average rent: £2,040/mo (7 listings)
Rent-driven metrics
Based on OpenRent comparables.
- Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
- Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
- Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
- Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).
- Cost-to-rent — Price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables). Under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed.
- Cashflow — Rent minus mortgage, 10% maintenance, £25/mo compliance. Assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term.
- ROI — Annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).