The Maltings, Flat 6, Clifton Road, Gravesend, DA11 0AH

The Maltings is a mid-terrace house in Gravesend (DA11 0AH). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 456 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2010) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 42 m² this is the 51st 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, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (24 versus a best of 82).

Held since January 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 42 m² it's 17.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (36 m² median across 61 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £134,000 is 28.8% above the 2005 sale price.