The Chimes, Flat 21, Bishops Walk, Rochester, ME1 1AF

The Chimes is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Rochester (ME1 1AF). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 57 m² it's 28.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (45 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £284,000 sits 195.8% above the 2000 sale of £96,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 21.1% below the postcode norm.