3a, Buckingham Road, Gillingham, SP8 4QF

3a is a semi-detached house in Gillingham (SP8 4QF). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 43 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (43–117 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 8 units on file. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since December 2010. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £130,000 is 40.9% below the 2022 sale of £220,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£475/sq ft) was about 215.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £220,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.