Flat 5, 163 Union Street, Maidstone, ME14 1EY

Flat 5 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Maidstone (ME14 1EY). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 462 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 52). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 43 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–50 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 (34 versus a best of 69).

At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (93 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in July 2017. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2000–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £130,000 is 26.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£223/sq ft) was about 17.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.