20 Durling Court, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8ES

20 Durling Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Rainham, Gillingham, Gillingham (ME8 8ES). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 58 m² this is the 28th smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–63 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 32 units on file.

At 58 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 31 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 86.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £190,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.