5 Maidstone Road, Gillingham, ME8 0DH

5 Maidstone Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Gillingham (ME8 0DH). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 14 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 £390,000 sits 69.6% above the 2012 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£141/sq ft) was about 23.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in May 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.