2c, Stanhope Road, Rochester, ME2 3EJ

2c is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Rochester (ME2 3EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 51 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–117 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.

Held since November 1998 — that's 28 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 £125,000 sits 1150% above the 1998 sale of £10,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£18/sq ft) was about 86.9% below the postcode norm. At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.