25 Bond Road, Gillingham, ME8 9JJ

25 Bond Road is a detached house in Gillingham (ME8 9JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 35 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–133 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (43 versus a best of 78). The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (65 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Sold February 2022 for £135,000. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£358/sq ft) was about 93.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.