Basement Flat, 23 Crescent Road, Ramsgate, CT11 9QU

Basement Flat is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Ramsgate (CT11 9QU). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

Held since October 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2001–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 75.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 sits 113.7% above the 2002 sale of £54,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£79/sq ft) was about 33.3% below the postcode norm. At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).