37 James Street, Gillingham, ME7 1DG

37 James Street is a mid-terrace house in Gillingham (ME7 1DG). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2000 — that's 26 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. At 81 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 16 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. Today's modelled estimate of £202,000 sits 381% above the 2000 sale of £41,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 59.8% below the postcode norm.