Flat 1, 5 Fonblanque Road, Sheerness, ME12 2NY

Flat 1 is a mid-terrace house in Sheerness (ME12 2NY). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 41 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–100 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 66).

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£283/sq ft) was about 129.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £125,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.