1 Almond Tree Close, Sheerness, ME12 1LA

1 Almond Tree Close is an end-of-terrace house in Sheerness (ME12 1LA). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 56 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (56–80 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (30 versus a best of 76). The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 56 m² it's 15.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 25.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £130,000 sits 128.1% above the 2002 sale of £56,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 30.4% below the postcode norm.