51 Richmond Road, Gillingham, ME7 1LN

51 Richmond Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Gillingham (ME7 1LN). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. At 55 m² this is the 18th smallest of 41 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–158 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 41 units on file.

Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £236,000 is 11.3% below the 2022 sale of £266,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£449/sq ft) was about 231.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold November 2022 for £266,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.