What type of property is 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ?

38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ is a 2-bedroom mid-terrace house.

What did 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ sell for?

38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ last sold for £440,000 in April 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 4 sales on record going back to £50,000 in July 1996. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ appreciated in value?

Across 4 sales between July 1996 and April 2022, 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ rose from £50,000 to £440,000, a change of £390,000. That works out to roughly +8.8% per year compounded over 26 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ?

The current EPC rating for 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ is C with a score of 75 out of 100, lodged in September 2021. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ?

38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (689 sq ft), around 32 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 23% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in BN2 0EJ. Source: EPC Register.

How is 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ heated?

The latest EPC at 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ?

38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ is in council tax band C.

Where is 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ located?

38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ sits in Brighton. It falls within the BN2 postcode district.

Is 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ in a safe area?

Police records around 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ show an average of 6 reported crimes per month over the last 11 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 52% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ?

The closest primary school to 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ is St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School (245m), one of 20 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College (2.5km).

What is the nearest station to 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ?

The closest bus stop to 38 Rochester Street, BN2 0EJ is Evelyn Terrace, 150m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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38 Rochester Street, Brighton, BN2 0EJ

4 sales on record

Property type

Mid terrace

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

64 m²

689 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 75

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 38 Rochester Street

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

38 Rochester Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 0EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90).

Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£639/sq ft) was about 156.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 64 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 43 EPCs). Sold April 2022 for £440,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1

Outside

Private gardenSouth-facing
GarageYes

Building

RefurbishedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

C75

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

1.9 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 38 Rochester Street, Brighton, BN2 0EJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

38 Rochester Street has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

38 Rochester Street has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.

Current estimate

£465,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.8% per year over 26 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£440,000

Growth on file: 8.8% per year over 26 years.

Sales timeline

27 April 2022Most recent
£440,000
+91.3%over 15 years
26 January 2007
£230,000
+48.4%over 3 years
15 May 2003
£155,000
+210.0%over 6 years
29 July 1996
£50,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in BN2 0EJ: £497,500 (2025–2022).

Nearby sales in BN2 0EJ

On the street

Versus other Rochester Street homes

Four headline reads against 42 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

38 Rochester Street outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£6,875

Street avg £4,195

Strongly above

Floor Area

64 m²

Street avg 81 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

1.9 t/year

Street avg 3.4 t/year

Strongly above

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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1 Freshfield Place

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Brighton district page.

Full Brighton report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

6/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Evelyn Terrace — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School. 21 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BN2 0EJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.1dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for BN2 0EJ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.3dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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