Darland House, Pear Tree Lane, Gillingham, ME7 3PP

Darland House is a semi-detached house in Gillingham (ME7 3PP). It has a recorded floor area of 299 m² (around 3218 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 3 certificates since February 2015. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in October 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 299 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 10 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 £678,000 sits 69.5% above the 2009 sale of £400,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£124/sq ft) was about 60.5% below the postcode norm.