Melbourne Quays, Flat 2, West Street, Gravesend, DA11 0BX

Melbourne Quays is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Gravesend (DA11 0BX). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 63 m² this is the 17th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in Melbourne Quays, where floor areas span 45–104 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 82). Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very 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 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£291/sq ft) was about 37.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £197,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.