The Chimes, Flat 9, Bishops Walk, Rochester, ME1 1AF

The Chimes is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Rochester (ME1 1AF). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. At 44 m² this is the 6th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in The Chimes, where floor areas span 29–74 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (66 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold February 2021 for £160,000. Across the public record there are 5 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 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £195,000 is 21.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 83.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.