The Maltings, Flat 31, Clifton Road, Gravesend, DA11 0AH

The Maltings is a mid-terrace house in Gravesend (DA11 0AH). It has a recorded floor area of 20 m² (around 215 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 20 m² this is the 4th smallest of 62 units on EPC record in The Maltings, where floor areas span 18–75 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 62 units on file.

It changed hands recently, sold May 2025 for £100,000. At 20 m² it sits well below the postcode median (36 m² across 61 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 is 18% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 112.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.