38b, Burnt Oak Terrace, Gillingham, ME7 1DR

38b is a detached house in Gillingham (ME7 1DR). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since December 1999 — 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. Today's modelled estimate of £181,000 sits 106.9% above the 1999 sale of £87,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£189/sq ft) was about 46.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 34 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs).