12 Ferndown Close, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3SN

12 Ferndown Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Hempstead, Gillingham, Gillingham (ME7 3SN). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2011) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 107 m² it's 15% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (126 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £451,000 sits 59.6% above the 2012 sale of £282,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£245/sq ft) was about 17.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in November 2012, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.