2a, Cecil Avenue, Sheerness, ME12 1DU

2a is a two-bedroom detached house in Sheerness (ME12 1DU). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

Held since April 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £245,000 sits 226.7% above the 2000 sale of £75,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 16.6% below the postcode norm. At 67 m² it's 16.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 29 EPCs).