Darling Green, Pear Tree Lane, Gillingham, ME7 3PP

Darling Green is a semi-detached house in Gillingham (ME7 3PP). It has a recorded floor area of 221 m² (around 2379 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

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 221 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £641,000 sits 156.4% above the 2009 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 66.6% below the postcode norm.