7 Arches View, Hillside Road, Chatham, ME4 4PL

7 Arches View is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Chatham (ME4 4PL). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. At 52 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (27–52 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (66 versus a best of 75). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £156,000 is 15.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£241/sq ft) was about 36.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 52 m² the property is well over the postcode median (30 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold July 2022 for £135,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.