Flat 3, 60 Albany Drive, Herne Bay, CT6 8SJ

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Herne Bay (CT6 8SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 37 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (37–58 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (50 versus a best of 65). The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 107.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (75 m² across 41 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £145,000 in July 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.