Flat, 43 High Street, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7JR

Flat is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Newington, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 7JR). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since February 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £205,000 sits 127.8% above the 2003 sale of £90,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£106/sq ft) was about 33.8% below the postcode norm. At 79 m² it's 28.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).